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Too Sacred for Mortal Eyes to See

Representative Text

1 To the garden Jesus went, His disciples too,
He withdrew from them a stone's throw And knelt down to pray;
As His time was almost spent, Lo there came to view,
Angel bright from God to strengthen Him along the way.

Refrain:
'Twas too sacred there, For eyes to see,
When He prayed "Take this cup from me;"
His disciples all, Too sleepy be
For that scene For their eyes to see.

2 His disciples fell asleep When the Lord withdrew,
They could not behold the beauty Of that sacred place;
Tho they had a watch to keep, That they did not do,
We believe that eyes of mortals Should not see His face. [Refrain]

3 Take the Savior with you, friend, Go aside and pray,
He will give you grace to carry Ev'ry burden here;
he will keep you to the end Of this pilgrim way,
you may look upon His glory With a vision clear. [Refrain]

Source: Melodies of Love #120

Author: J. R. Baxter

Jesse Randall (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (1887-1960) Born: December 8, 1887, Lebanon, Alabama. Died: January 21, 1960. Baxter grew up in De­Kalb Coun­ty, Al­a­ba­ma. In 1926, he bought part of Vir­gil Stamps’ Gos­pel mu­sic firm, which be­came the Stamps-Bax­ter Mu­sic and Print­ing Com­pa­ny, one of the most suc­cess­ful Gos­pel mu­sic pub­lish­ers of the ear­ly 20th Century. Bax­ter ran the com­pa­ny’s Chat­ta­noo­ga, Ten­nes­see, of­fice un­til Stamps’ death in 1940, then moved to Dall­as, Tex­as, to run the main of­fice. Af­ter Bax­ter’s death, his wife, Clarice, ran the bus­i­ness un­til she died; it was then sold to Zon­der­van. Bax­ter was in­duct­ed in­to the South­ern Gos­pel Mus… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: To the garden Jesus went, His disciples too
Title: Too Sacred for Mortal Eyes to See
Author: J. R. Baxter (1940)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: 'Twas too sacred there
Copyright: © 1940 by Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Co. in "Golden Key"

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Celestial Songs #56

Text

Melodies of Love #120

Old Camp Meeting Songs #d151

Special Radio Selections #46

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