{"id":5079,"date":"2013-03-26T23:46:38","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T06:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=5079"},"modified":"2013-03-28T21:46:18","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T04:46:18","slug":"lent-2013-glory-be-to-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=5079","title":{"rendered":"Lent 2013: Glory Be to Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am pretty sure I’ve heard this hymn before but it isn’t incredibly familiar today. My props to Thomas<\/a> who linked it on Twitter<\/a> today. It’s very simple and understated, two prereqs of mine for an acceptable Triduum hymn.<\/p>\n

Glory be to Jesus,
\nWho, in bitter pains,
\nPoured for me the lifeblood
\nFrom His sacred veins!<\/p>\n

Grace and life eternal
\nIn that blood I find;
\nBlest be His compassion,
\nInfinitely kind.<\/p>\n

Blest through endless ages
\nBe the precious stream
\nWhich from endless torments
\nDoth the world redeem.<\/p>\n

Abel??s blood for vengeance
\nPleaded to the skies;
\nBut the blood of Jesus
\nFor our pardon cries.<\/p>\n

Oft as it is sprinkled
\nOn our guilty hearts,
\nSatan in confusion
\nTerror struck departs.<\/p>\n

Oft as earth exulting
\nWafts its praise on high,
\nAngel hosts, rejoicing,
\nMake their glad reply.<\/p>\n

Lift we then our voices,
\nSwell the mighty flood;
\nLouder still and louder
\nPraise the precious blood!
\n(HT: Net Hymnal<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thomas<\/a> was nice enough to link two versions of this hymn on Twitter<\/a>. The one I chose is by Warriors for Christ from Grove City College<\/a>. The page pictured looks like it could have come out of the “old red book” (Service Book and Hymnal, also known as the SBH) though I’m pretty sure it isn’t.<\/p>\n