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My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

Author: Edward Mole Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 1,121 hymnals Topics: Imputation of Righteousness Refrain First Line: On Christ, the solid rock, I stand Lyrics: 1 My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus' name. Refrain: On Christ, the solid rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand; all other ground is sinking sand. 2 When darkness veils his lovely face, I rest on his unchanging grace; in every high and stormy gale my anchor holds within the veil. [Refrain] 3 His oath, his covenant, his blood support me in the whelming flood; when all around my soul gives way, he then is all my hope and stay. [Refrain] 4 When he shall come with trumpet sound, O may I then in him be found; dressed in his righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne. [Refrain] Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:11 Used With Tune: SOLID ROCK

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1,910 hymnals Topics: Righteousness First Line: Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come down

Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness

Author: Nikolaus Ludwig von Zizendorf; John Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 505 hymnals Topics: Imputation of Righteousness Lyrics: 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 When from the dust of death I rise to claim my mansion in the skies, ev'n then this shall be all my plea, Jesus hath lived, hath died, for me. 4 Jesus, be endless praise to thee, whose boundless mercy hath for me - for me a full atonement made, an everlasting ransom paid. 5 O let the dead now hear thy voice; now bid thy banished ones rejoice; their beauty this, their glorious dress, Jesus, thy blood and righteousness. Scripture: Isaiah 61:10 Used With Tune: GERMANY

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SAVANNAH

Meter: 7.7.7.7 Appears in 106 hymnals Topics: Righteousness, Reward of Tune Sources: Melody: Herrnhut Choralbuch (Moravian, c. 1735) Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 55432 12325 54321 Used With Text: Lord, Our Lord, Thy Glorious Name

REDHEAD 76 (AJALON)

Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Appears in 494 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Richard Redhead Topics: Imputation of Righteousness Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 11234 43112 32211 Used With Text: When This Passing World Is Done

DARWALL

Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 519 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Darwall Topics: Imputation of Righteousness Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 13153 17654 32231 Used With Text: Thy Works, Not Mine, O Christ

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Thy Righteousness

Author: F. E. Belden Hymnal: Christ in Song #827 (1908) Topics: Christ Christ Our Righteousness; Christ Christ Our Righteousness; Christ Christ Our Righteousness; Christ Christ Our Righteousness; Christ Christ Our Righteousness; Christ Christ Our Righteousness; Christ Christ Our Righteousness; Christ Christ Our Righteousness First Line: O blest are they who oft have said Lyrics: 1. O blest are they who oft have said, "I thirst for righteousness; I hunger for the heav'nly Bread With anguish and distress." 2. They of My fulness shall be fed, For which they hungered sore; And by the Living Waters led, Their souls shall thirst no more. 3. Because I am the Truth, the Life, All fulness dwells in me; They know no want, no sin, no strife, Thro' all eternity. 4. How blessed, then, to share a part With those that hunger here; To have the panting, thirsty heart, And shed the bitter tear! Languages: English Tune Title: CADDO

Imputed Righteousness

Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #LXXXIV (1792) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Righteousness imputed First Line: Jesus, thy blood and righteousness Lyrics: 1 Jesus, thy blood and righteousness My beauty are, my glorious dress; Midst flaming worlds, in these array'd, With Joy shall I lift up my head. 2 When from the dust of death I rise To take my mansion in the skies, E'en then shall this be all my plea "Jesus hath liv'd and dy'd for me." 3 Bold shall I stand in thy great day, For who aught to my charge shall lay? While thro' thy blood absolv'd I am, From sins' tremendous curse and shame. 4 Thus Abraham the friend of God, Thus all the armies bought with blood, Savior of sinners thee proclaim, Sinners, of whom the chief I am. 5 This spotless robe the same appears When ruin'd nature sinks in years: No age can change its glorious hue, The robe of Christ is ever new. 6 O! let the dead now hear thy voice, Bid, Lord, thy banish'd ones rejoice, Their beauty this, their glorious dress, Jesus, the Lord our righteousness. Scripture: Jeremiah 23:6 Languages: English

The Imputed Righteousness of Christ

Author: J. W.; C. W. Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #103 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Christ's Righteousness First Line: Jesus, thy blood and righteousness Lyrics: 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 When from the dust of death I rise, To take my mansion in the skies, E’en then shall this be all my plea: “Jesus has lived and died for me.” 3 Bold shall I stand in that great day, For who aught to my charge shall lay, While through thy blood absolved I am, From sin’s tremendous curse and shame? 4 [Thus Abraham, the friend of God, Thus all the armies bought with blood, Saviour of sinners, thee proclaim – Sinners, of whom the chief I am.] 5 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. 6 O let the dead now hear thy voice; Bid, Lord, thy banished ones rejoice; Their beauty this, their glorious dress, Jesus, the Lord our righteousness. Languages: English

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Theodore Baker

1851 - 1934 Person Name: Theodore Baker, 1851-1934 Topics: National Righteousness; Righteousness Translator of "We Gather Together" in Worship and Service Hymnal Theodore Baker (b. New York, NY, 1851; d. Dresden, Germany, 1934). Baker is well known as the compiler of Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (first ed. 1900), the first major music reference work that included American composers. Baker studied music in Leipzig, Germany, and wrote a dissertation on the music of the Seneca people of New York State–one of the first studies of the music of American Indians. From 1892 until his retirement in 1926, Baker was a literary editor and translator for G. Schirmer, Inc., in New York City. In 1926, he returned to Germany. Psalter Hymnal Handbook, 1987

John Goss

1800 - 1880 Topics: The Reign of Righteousness Justice and Freedom Composer of "ARTHUR'S SEAT" in Hymns for the Living Age John Goss (b. Fareham, Hampshire, England, 1800; d. London, England, 1880). As a boy Goss was a chorister at the Chapel Royal and later sang in the opera chorus of the Covent Garden Theater. He was a professor of music at the Royal Academy of Music (1827-1874) and organist of St. Paul Cathedral, London (1838-1872); in both positions he exerted significant influence on the reform of British cathedral music. Goss published Parochial Psalmody (1826) and Chants, Ancient and Modern (1841); he edited William Mercer's Church Psalter and Hymn Book (1854). With James Turle he published a two-volume collection of anthems and Anglican service music (1854). Bert Polman

H. Ernest Nichol

1862 - 1928 Person Name: E. Ernest Nichol Topics: Social Righteousness; Social Righteousness Author of "We've a Story to Tell to the Nations" in Hymns of Faith H. Ernest Nichol (b. Hull, Yorkshire, England, 1862; d. Skirlaugh, Yorkshire, England, 1926) had begun a study program in civil engineering when he decided to study music instead. In 1888 he received a bachelor's degree in music from Oxford University. Nichol wrote some 130 hymn tunes and texts, many under the pseudonym “Colin Sterne” (derived from his middle and last name); many were first sung at church school programs. Psalter Hymnal Handbook ============= Nichol, Henry Ernest, was b. Dec. 10, 1862, at Hull. He took the degree of MUS. BAC. at Oxford in 1888. He has written fourteen sets of Sunday School Anniversary Hymns (130 in all), with original tunes, besides many published in leaflet form, mostly under the anagram of 1677 Colin Sterne. The following are in the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, the dates being those of composition and publication by the author:— 1. Life is opening out before you. Christian Courage 1897. 2. Rest, O rest! at eve Thy children's voices. Evening. 1897. 3. We've a story to tell to the nations. Foreign Missions. 1896. 4. Where the flag is flying. Boys Brigade. 1901. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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