Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes ‎#135

135. With joy we meditate the grace

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

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

3 He, in the days of feeble flesh,
Poured out His cries and tears,
And in His measure feels afresh
What every member bears.

4 He'll never quench the smoking flax,
But raise it to a flame;
The bruisèd 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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: With joy we meditate the grace
• Author: Isaac Watts (1709)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1899
• Topic: Christ: Gentleness of; Christ: High Priest; Christ: Praise to; Christ: Priesthood of; Christ: Sympathy of; Christ: Temptation of; Praise: To Christ; Sympathy: Of Christ; Temptation

Tune Information

• Name: HALLON
• Composer: John Warren
• Meter: C. M.