Who: This hymn is anonymous, but was likely written by John. C. Kunze.
Changes: I made this hymn inclusive of all people by standard 21st century English usage.
Tune: The meter is LM, and AHPB suggests NACH DIR, O HERR, VERLANGET MICH, but TALLIS CANON would work fine.
All people who, thru Jesus' blood,
Are justified before their God
From condemnation are set free,
Enjoy the Gospel liberty.
By faith they live and walk and move,
By faith they serve and humbly love
Their God, and still with fervent mind
By faith they serve all humankind.
This happy state they cannot claim
From nature, nor in their own name;
The Law doth not this bliss impart,
But Christ conveys it to their hearts.
The justified in peace shall live
When all their heart to God they give;
Their fellowship is now begun
Both with the Father and the Son.
But soon the angel's trump will sound;
The justified with glory crowned
Shall from their dusty graves arise
And life eternal realize.
John C. Kunze?, alt.
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