Scripture Verse

Christ Jesus…is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Romans 8:34

Introduction

illustration
Ecce Homo
Ludovico Cardi, il Cigoli
1559–1613

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Hymns and Sac­red Po­ems 1742.

Music: Le­nox Lew­is Ed­son, in The Chor­is­ter’s Com­pan­ion, by Si­me­on Jo­ce­lyn and Am­os Doo­lit­tle (New Ha­ven, Con­nec­ti­cut: 1782) (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

portrait
Charles Wesley
1707–1788

Anecdote

I have a re­cord, said a Wes­ley­an mis­sion­ary la­bor­ing in the West In­dies, of two hun­dred per­sons, young and old, who re­ceived the most di­rect ev­i­dence of the for­give­ness of their sins while sing­ing Arise, my soul. The con­ver­sion of the great­er num­ber of these per­sons took place while I was a mis­sion­ary abroad.

Sankey, p. 115

Lyrics

Arise, my soul, arise;
Shake off thy guilty fears;
The bleeding sacrifice
In my behalf appears:
Before the throne my surety stands,
Before the throne my surety stands,
My name is written on His hands.

He ever lives above,
For me to intercede;
His all redeeming love,
His precious blood, to plead:
His blood atoned for all our race,
His blood atoned for all our race,
And sprinkles now the throne of grace.

Five bleeding wounds He bears;
Received on Calvary;
They pour effectual prayers;
They strongly plead for me:
Forgive him, O forgive, they cry,
Forgive him, O forgive, they cry,
Nor let that ransomed sinner die!

The Father hears Him pray,
His dear anointed One;
He cannot turn away,
The presence of His Son;
His Spirit answers to the blood,
His Spirit answers to the blood,
And tells me I am born of God.

My God is reconciled;
His pardoning voice I hear;
He owns me for His child;
I can no longer fear:
With confidence I now draw nigh,
With confidence I now draw nigh,
And Father, Abba, Father, cry.