The Song Book of the Salvation Army ‎#116

116. Jesus, thy blood and righteousness

1 Jesus, thy blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress;
‘Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed,
With joy shall I lift up my head.

2 Bold shall I stand in thy great day,
For who aught to my charge shall lay?
Fully absolved through these I am
From sin and fear, from guilt and shame.

3 The holy, meek, unspotted Lamb,
Who from the Father’s bosom came,
Who died for me, e’en me, to atone,
Now for my Lord and God I own.

4 Lord, I believe thy precious blood,
Which, at the mercy seat of God,
For ever doth for sinners plead,
For me, e’en for my soul, was shed.

5 When from the dust of death I rise
To claim my mansion in the skies,
E’en then this shall be all my plea,
Jesus hath lived, hath died for me.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, thy blood and righteousness
• Author: Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700-60)
• Translator: John Wesley (1703-91)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1986
• Topic: The Lord Jesus Christ: Atoning work

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