Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#260b

260b. Christ's crimson blood and righteousness

1 Christ's crimson blood and righteousness
My glory are and spotless dress;
In this before my God I'll stand
And enter heaven, my fatherland.

2 And should I through Christ's merits prove
Yet e'er so faithful in my love,
That I could keep from wrong alway
And sin not, to my dying day,

3 Still would I, when I Christ shall see,
Not think of zeal or piety,
But this: a sinner nears the throne
Whose plea for life is grace alone.

4 Being praised, O Jesus, without end,
That Thou from heaven didst descend,
And hast for me a ransom paid—
For a full atonement made.

Text Information

• First Line: Christ's crimson blood and righteousness
• Author: Nicoluas Ludwig Count von Zinzendorf (1739)
• Translator: Rev. Emanuel Cronenwett, D. D. (1880)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: The Catechism: Justification; Fifth Sunday in Lent; Sixth Sunday after Trinity; Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: From the German text: Christi Blut und Gerechtigkeit

Tune Information

• Name: NAZARETH
• Arranger: Samuel Webbe (1782)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Gregorian Chant