Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#483

483. With joy we meditate the grace

1 With joy we meditate the grace
Of our High Priest above;
His heart is made of tenderness,
And yearns with pitying love.

2 Touched with a sympathy within,
He knows our feeble frame;
He knows what sore temptations mean,
For He hath felt the same.

3 He in the days of feeble flesh
Poured our His cries and tears;
And, though exalted, feels afresh
What every member bears.

4 He'll never quench the smoking flax,
But raise it to a flame;
The bruised reed He never breaks,
Nor scorns the meanest name.

5 Then let our humble faith address
His mercy and His power;
We shall obtain delivering grace
In the distressing hour.

Text Information

• First Line: With joy we meditate the grace
• Author: Dr. Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Joy: In Sorrow; Smoking Flax; Christ: High Priest; Christ: Sympathy of; Christ: Temptation of; Christ: Grace of Christ; The Christian Life: The Inner Life; Deliverer, Christ our; Sympathy: Of Christ; Temptation of Christ; Grace: Of Christ; High Priest, Christ our

Tune Information

• Name: TALLIS' ORDINAL
• Composer: Thomas Tallis, c. 1520-1585
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: D Major