Scripture Verse

The blood of Jesus Christ…cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John 1:7

Introduction

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Edward Caswall
National Portrait Gallery

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Words: Ro­man Bre­vi­ary, 1827 (Ira jus­ta con­di­tor­is). Trans­lat­ed from La­tin to Eng­lish by Ed­ward Cas­wall, Ly­ra Ca­tho­li­ca, 1849.

Music: Ira Jus­ta Ed­ward H. Thorne, in Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern, 1875 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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If you know where to get a good pho­to of Thorne (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

He who once in right­eous ven­geance
Whelmed the world be­neath the flood,
Once again in mer­cy cleansed it
With His own most pre­cious blood,
Coming from His throne on high
On the pain­ful cross to die.

O the wis­dom of th’Eter­nal!
O the depth of love di­vine!
O the sweet­ness of that mer­cy
Which in Je­sus Christ did shine!
We were sin­ners doomed to die;
Jesus paid the pe­nal­ty.

When be­fore the Judge we trem­ble,
Conscious of His brok­en laws,
May the blood of His atone­ment
Cry aloud, and plead our cause,
Bid our guil­ty ter­rors cease,
Be our par­don and our peace.

Prince and Au­thor of sal­va­tion,
Lord of ma­jes­ty su­preme,
Jesu, praise to Thee be giv­en
By the world Thou didst re­deem;
Glory to the Fa­ther be
And the Spi­rit One with Thee.