Scripture Verse

Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by Thy blood. Revelation 5:9

Introduction

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Alexander R. Reinagle (1799–1877)

Words: Is­aac Watts, Di­vine and Mo­ral Songs 1715.

Music: Be­ati Im­ma­cu­la­ti Al­ex­an­der R. Rein­agle, Psalm Tunes for the Voice and Pi­ano­for­te, cir­ca 1836 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

Lyrics

Blest be the wis­dom and the pow­er,
The jus­tice and the grace,
That joined in coun­sel to re­store
And save our ru­ined race!

Our fa­ther ate for­bid­den fruit,
And from his glo­ry fell;
And we, his child­ren, thus were brought
To death, and near to hell.

Blest be the Lord, that sent His Son
To take our flesh and blood!
He for our lives gave up His own,
To make our peace with God.

He hon­ored all His Fa­ther’s laws,
Which we have dis­obeyed;
He bore our sins up­on the cross,
And our full ran­som paid.

Behold Him ris­ing from the grave;
Behold Him raised on high:
He pleads His mer­its there, to save
Transgressors doomed to die.

There, on a glo­ri­ous throne, He reigns;
And by His pow­er di­vine
Redeems us from the slav­ish chains
Of Sa­tan and of sin.

Thence shall the Lord to judg­ment come;
And, with a so­ve­reign voice,
Shall call and break up ev­ery tomb,
While wak­ing saints re­joice.

O may I then with joy ap­pear
Before the Judge’s face;
And, with the blest as­sem­bly there,
Sing His re­deem­ing grace.