Text:Where high the heavenly temple stands
Paraphraser:Michael Bruce, 1746-67
Tune:WAREHAM
Composer:Wiliam Knapp, 1698-1768

377. Where high the heavenly temple stands

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
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
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



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