222. Jesus, my great High Priest

1 Jesus, my great High Priest,
Offered his blood and died;
My guilty conscience seeks
No sacrifice beside.
His pow'rful blood did once atone,
And now it pleads before the Throne.

2 To this dear Surety's hand
Will I commit my cause;
He answers and fulfills
His Father's broken laws.
Behold my soul at freedom set;
My Surety paid the dreadful debt.

3 My Advocate appears
For my defense on high;
The Father bows his ears
And lays his thunder by.
Not all that hell or sin can say
Shall turn his heart, his love, away.

4 Should all the hosts of death
And pow'rs of hell unknown
Put their most dreadful forms
Of rage and mischief on,
I shall be safe, for Christ displays
His conqu'ring pow'r and guardian grace.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Jesus, my great High Priest
Author: Isaac Watts (1709, cento)
Meter: 6. 6. 6. 6. 8. 8.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1961
Scripture:
Topic: Christ, The Lord Jesus; Christ: Blood of; Christ: Priestly Intercessin of (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: BEVAN
Composer: Sir John Goss (1853)
Meter: 6. 6. 6. 6. 8. 8.
Key: E♭ Major



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