American Lutheran Hymnal ‎#177

177. Jesus, Thy Blood And Righteousness

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

2 When from the dust of death I rise
To take my mansions in the skies,
E'en then shall this be all my plea--
Jesus hath lived, hath died for me.

3 Bold shall I stand in that great day,
For who aught to my charge shall lay?
Fully, thro' Thee, absolved I am
From sin and fear, from guilt and shame.

4 This spotless robe the same appears
When ruined nature sinks in years;
No age can change its glorious hue,
The robe of Christ is ever new.

5 And when the dead shall hear Thy voice,
Thy banished children shall rejoice;
Their beauty this, their glorious dress,
Jesus, the Lord our righteousness.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness
• Title: Jesus, Thy Blood And Righteousness
• Translator: John Wesley (1740)
• Author: Nicolaus Ludwig, Count von Zinzendorf (1739)
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1930
• Topic: The Means of Grace: The Redeemer

Tune Information

• Name: HERRNHUT
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: g minor
• Source: German, 1605