Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness

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. 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.

4. When from the dust of death I rise
To claim my mansion in the skies,
E’en then shall this be all my plea,
Jesus hath lived, hath died for me!

5. O let the dead now hear Thy voice!
Now bid Thy ransomed ones rejoice!
Their beauty this, their glorious dress,
Jesus, the Lord our Righteousness.

Nicolaus L. von Zinzendorf, 1700-1760

Trans. By John Wesley, 1703-1791

GOD has a plan

1. GOD has a plan, and He will ne’er forget:
Israel, His choice, will know His mercy yet.
His purpose stands, His love remains the same;
They shall be saved, to praise His glorious name.

2. The Lord of Glory was mid Israel born,
He lived among them, mid the shame and scorn.
And then He died — the Sacrifice — to save:
For sinners lost, His precious life He gave.

3. And if you feel your need, and seek His face,
You too will know the wonders of His grace:
Your love to Him will love to Israel mean.
In loving deeds, and witness, to be seen.

4. And you will pray, and have that Day in view
When He shall come — for all His words are
true,
And Israel’s remnant will His nation be,
Redeemed, when they their pierced Messiah see!

P. W. HEWARD (1882-1948)

Would you be free from your burden of sin

1. Would you be free from your burden of sin?
There’s power in the blood, power in the blood;
Would you o’er evil a victory win?
There’s wonderful power in the blood.

There is power, power, wonder-working power,
In the blood of the Lamb;
There is power, power, wonder-working power,
In the precious blood of the Lamb.

2. Would you be free from your passion and pride?
There’s power in the blood, power in the blood;
Come for a cleansing to Calvary’s tide,
There’s wonderful power in the blood.

3. Would you be whiter, much whiter than snow?
There’s power in the blood, power in the blood;
Sin-stains are lost in its life-giving flow,
There’s wonderful power in the blood.

4. Would you do service for Jesus your King?
There’s power in the blood, power in the blood;
Would you live daily His praises to sing?
There’s wonderful power in the blood.

Lewis Ellis Jones (1865-1936)