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| Text: | Jesus, My Great High Priest |
| Author: | Isaac Watts |
| Tune: | BEVAN |
| Composer: | John Goss |
1 Jesus, my great High Priest,
Offered His Blood and died;
My guilty conscience seeks
No sacrifice beside.
His pow'rful blood did once atone,
And now it pleads before the Throne.
2 To this dear Surety's hand
Will I commit my cause;
He answers and fulfils
His Father's broken laws.
Behold my soul at freedom set;
My Surety paid the dreadful debt.
3 My Advocate appears
For my defense on high;
The Father bows His ears
And lays His thunder by.
Not all that hell or sin can say
Shall turn His heart, His love, away.
4 Should all the hosts of death
And pow'rs of hell unknown
Put their most dreadful forms
Of rage and mischief on,
I shall be safe, for Christ displays
Superior pow'r and guardian grace.
Amen.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Jesus, my great High Priest |
| Title: | Jesus, My Great High Priest |
| Author: | Isaac Watts (1709, alt.) |
| Meter: | 6.6.6.6.8.8. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1941 |
| Scripture: | |
| Topic: | The Church Year: Ascension |
| Source: | Join All the Glorious Names |
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