{"id":19542,"date":"2024-04-21T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=19542"},"modified":"2024-04-20T20:43:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T00:43:33","slug":"sunday-singing-let-thy-blood-in-mercy-poured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=19542","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Singing: Let Thy Blood in Mercy Poured"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn 313 from The Hymnal 1982: Let thy Blood in mercy poured\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VFOszlzKy7g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s hymn, &#8220;Let Thy Blood in Mercy Poured,&#8221; comes from the Greek tradition, and maybe if I could type Greek, I could search for the title on Greek pages. But the sources I&#8217;ve seen give no date for that version of the hymn, only that is came into English via Glasgow native and Free Church minister John Brownlie (1857-1925). The tune is much older, written by Lutheran cantor at Berlin&#8217;s St. Nicholas Church, Johann Cr\u00fcger (1598-1662).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship&#8221; (Romans 12:1 ESV).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 Let thy blood in mercy poured,<br>let thy gracious body broken,<br>be to me, O gracious Lord,<br>of thy boundless love the token.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refrain:<br>Thou didst give thyself for me,<br>now I give myself to thee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 Thou didst die that I might live;<br>blessed Lord, thou cam&#8217;st to save me;<br>all that love of God could give<br>Jesus by his sorrows gave me. [Refrain]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3 By the thorns that crowned thy brow,<br>by the spear wound and the nailing,<br>by the pain and death, I now<br>claim, O Christ, thy love unfailing. [Refrain]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4 Wilt thou own the gift I bring?<br>All my penitence I give thee;<br>thou art my exalted King,<br>of thy matchless love forgive me. [Refrain]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s hymn, &#8220;Let Thy Blood in Mercy Poured,&#8221; comes from the Greek tradition, and maybe if I could type Greek, I could search for the title on Greek pages. 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