From the hymn, “Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness“:
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.
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.
The holy, meek, unspotted Lamb,
Who from the Father’s bosom came,
Who died for me, e’en me to atone,
Now for my Lord and God I own.
Lord, I believe Thy precious blood,
Which, at the mercy seat of God,
Forever doth for sinners plead,
For me, e’en for my soul, was shed.
Lord, I believe were sinners more
Than sands upon the ocean shore,
Thou hast for all a ransom paid,
For all a full atonement made.
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.
– Nikolaus L. von Zinzendorf, 1739
“Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress;” goes with my offering for today.
Beautiful! What else can you say?
Great hymn–I haven’t heard that for a long time!
Thanks for posting the words of Zinzendorf’s great hymn. To hear a lovely contemporary version of it, check out today’s blog at Wordwise Hymns.