Text: | We may not climb the heavenly steeps |
Author: | John G. Whittier |
Tune: | INVITATION |
Composer: | William V. Wallace |
1 We may not climb the heavenly steeps
To bring the Saviour down;
In vain we search the lowest deeps,
For him no depths can drown.
2 But warm, sweet, tender, even yet
A present help is he;
And faith has yet its Olivet,
And love its Galilee.
3 The healing of the seamless dress
Is by our beds of pain;
We touch him in life's throng and press,
And we are whole again.
4 Through him the first fond prayers are said
Our lips of childhood frame;
The last low whispers of our dead
Are burdened with his name.
5 O Lord and Master of us all,
Whate'er our name or sign,
We own thy sway, we hear thy call,
We test our lives by thine!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | We may not climb the heavenly steeps |
Author: | John G. Whittier |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | Christ: Life and Character |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | INVITATION |
Composer: | William V. Wallace |
Meter: | C.M. |
Key: | E Major |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: #201, 27, or 147. |