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Text: | Where high the heavenly temple stands |
Paraphraser: | Michael Bruce, 1746-67 |
Tune: | WAREHAM |
Composer: | Wiliam Knapp, 1698-1768 |
1 Where high the heavenly temple stands,
the house of God not made with hands,
a great High Priest our nature wears,
the Saviour of the world appears.
2 He who for us our surety stood,
and poured on earth his precious blood,
pursues in heaven his plan of grace,
the Saviour of the human race.
3 Though now ascended up on high,
he bends on earth a brother's eye;
partaker of the human name,
he knows the frailty of our frame.
4 Our fellow-sufferer yet retains
a fellow-feeling of our pains,
and still remembers in the skies
his tears, his agonies and cries.
5 In every pain that rends the heart
the Man of Sorrows has a part;
he sympathizes with our grief,
and to the sufferer sends relief.
6 With boldness, therefore, at God's throne
let us make all our sorrows known,
and ask the aid of heavenly power
to help us in the evil hour.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Where high the heavenly temple stands |
Paraphraser: | Michael Bruce, 1746-67 |
Meter: | 88.88 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1999 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Ascension; Assurance; Confession of Faith(14 more...) |
Source: | Scottish Paraphrases, 1781, alt. |
Notes: | May possibly be paraphrased by John Logan, 1748-88 instead of by Bruce |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WAREHAM |
Composer: | Wiliam Knapp, 1698-1768 |
Meter: | 88.88 |
Key: | A♭ Major |
Source: | Later form of melody |
Notes: | A higher setting may be found at No. 124 |