Hebrews 4
4
SONG 57
8,6,8,6
tune: Tallis, 129; Faith, 62.
Heb 4:14, to the end.
14-16 Jesus, the Son of God, who once
for us his life resign’d,
Now lives in heav’n, our great High Priest,
and never‐dying friend.
2 Through life, through death, let us to him
with constancy adhere;
Faith shall supply new strength, and hope
shall banish ev’ry fear.
3 To human weakness not severe
is our High Priest above;
His heart o’erflows with tenderness,
his bowels melt with love.
4 With sympathetic feelings touch’d,
he knows our feeble frame;
He knows what sore temptations are,
for he has felt the same.
5 But though he felt temptation’s pow’r,
unconquer’d he remain’d;
Nor, ’midst the frailty of our frame,
by sin was ever stain’d,
6 As, in the days of feeble flesh,
he pour’d forth cries and tears;
So, though exalted, still he feels
what ev’ry Christian bears.
7 Then let us, with a filial heart,
come boldly to the throne
Of grace supreme, to tell our griefs,
and all our wants make known:
8 That mercy we may there obtain
for sins and errors past,
And grace to help in time of need,
while days of trial last.
SONG 58
8,8,8,8
tune: Ely, 9; Melcombe, 13; Soldau, 22; Walton, 23.
Another version of the same passage.
9 1 Where high the heav’nly temple stands,
The house of God not made with hands,
A great High Priest our nature wears,
The guardian of mankind appears.
10 2 He who for men their surety stood,
And pour’d on earth his precious blood,
Pursues in heav’n his mighty plan,
The Saviour and the friend of man.
11 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.
12 4 Our fellow‐suff’rer yet retains
A fellow‐feeling of our pains;
And still remembers in the skies
His tears, his agonies, and cries.
13 5 In ev’ry pang that rends the heart,
The Man of sorrows had a part;
He sympathizes with our grief,
And to the suff’rer sends relief.
14 6 With boldness, therefore, at the throne,
Let us make all our sorrows known;
And ask the aids of heav’nly pow’r
To help us in the evil hour.
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Hebrews 4: MP1781
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First published by the Church of Scotland in 1781.
