我主耶穌是我的義 (Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness)

我主耶穌是我的義,(Wǒ zhǔ yēsū shì wǒ de yì,)

Author: Nikolaus L. von Zinzendorf
Tune: CANONBURY
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Author: Nikolaus L. von Zinzendorf

Zinzendorf, Count Nicolaus Ludwig, the founder of the religious community of Herrnhut and the apostle of the United Brethren, was born at Dresden May 26, 1700. It is not often that noble blood and worldly wealth are allied with true piety and missionary zeal. Such, however, was the case with Count Zinzendorf. In 1731 Zinzendorf resigned all public duties and devoted himself to missionary work. He traveled extensively on the Continent, in Great Britain, and in America, preaching "Christ, and him crucified," and organizing societies of Moravian brethren. John Wesley is said to have been under obligation to Zinzendorf for some ideas on singing, organization of classes, and Church government. Zinzendorf was the author of some two thousand hymn… Go to person page >

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First Line: 我主耶穌是我的義,(Wǒ zhǔ yēsū shì wǒ de yì,)
Title: 我主耶穌是我的義 (Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness)
English Title: Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness
Author: Nikolaus L. von Zinzendorf
Language: Chinese

Tune

CANONBURY

Derived from the fourth piano piece in Robert A. Schumann's Nachtstücke, Opus 23 (1839), CANONBURY first appeared as a hymn tune in J. Ireland Tucker's Hymnal with Tunes, Old and New (1872). The tune, whose title refers to a street and square in Islington, London, England, is often matched to Haver…

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