"Glory be to Jesus"
                             Italian, 18th Century
                    Translated by Edward Caswall, 1814-1878
                                  Text From:
                      THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
               (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942)p.124



        1. Glory be to Jesus,
        Who in bitter pains
        Poured for me the life-blood
        From His sacred veins!

        2. Grace and life eternal
        In that blood I find;
        Blest be His compassion,
        Infinitely kind!

        3. Blest through endless ages
        Be the precious stream
        Which from endless torments
        Did the world redeem!

        4. Abel's blood for vengeance
        Pleaded to the skies;
        But the blood of Jesus
        For our pardon cries.

        5. Oft as earth exulting
        Wafts its praise on high,
        Angel hosts rejoicing
        Make their glad reply.

        6. Lift we, then, our voices,
        Swell the mighty flood,
        Louder still and louder
        Praise the precious blood!

        

        Notes:
        Hymn #158 from _The Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: 1 Pet. 1:19
        Author: Italian, 18th Century, cento
        Translated by: Edward Caswall, 1857
        Titled: "Viva! viva! Gesu"
        Composer: Friedrich Filitz, 1847
        Tune: "Wem in Leidenstagen"