Jesus, in Thy Great Name I Go

He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. Revelation 2:11

Words: Charles Wesley, Short Hymns (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762), Volume 2, number 832.

Music: In Tenebris Lumen John B. Dykes, in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1875 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

Folkingham from Supplement to the New Version, by Nahum Tate & Nicholas Brady, 1700 (🔊 pdf nwc)

Jesus, in Thy great name I go,
To conquer death, my final foe;
And when I quit this cumbrous clay,
And soar on angel wings away,
My soul the second death defies,
And reigns eternal in the skies.

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