Common Praise ‎#111

111. Jesu, thy blood and righteousness

1 Jesu, 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 that great day,
for to my charge who aught shall lay?
Fully absolved through thee I am
from sin and fear, from guilt and shame.

3 Jesu, be endless praise to thee,
whose boundless mercy hath for me,
for me, a full atonement made,
an everlasting ransom paid.

4 Ah! give to all thy servants, Lord,
with power to speak thy gracious word,
that all who to thy wounds will flee
may find eternal life in thee.

5 O let the dead now hear thy voice!
Now bid thy banished ones rejoice!
Their beauty this, their glorious dress,
Jesu, thy blood and righteousness.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesu, thy blood and righteousness
• Author: N. L. von Zinzendorf, 1700-1760
• Translator: John Wesley, 1703-1791 (alt.)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  1 John 2:1
  ;
  1 John 4:17
  ;
  1 John 5:11
  ;
  1 Timothy 2:5-6
  ;
  2 Peter 3:10
  ;
  2 Samuel 14:13
  ;
  Acts 4:29
  ;
  Isaiah 61:10
  ;
  John 5:35
  ;
  Luke 21:28
  ;
  Philippians 3:9
  ;
  Romans 3:25
  ;
  Romans 8:33
• Topic: Passiontide and Holy Week
• Notes: Alternate tune WARRINGTON, 415

Tune Information

• Name: FULDA
• Meter: LM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Sacred Melodies, 1815 by William Gardiner, 1770-1855