Author: Michael Bruce Appears in 204 hymnals Scripture: Luke 18:1 First Line: Where high the heavenly temple stands Lyrics: 1 Where high the heavenly temple stands,
The house of God not made with hands,
A great High Priest our nature wears,--
The Guardian of mankind appears.
2 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.
3 Our Fellow-sufferer yet retains
A fellow-feeling of our pains;
And still remembers, in the skies,
His tears, his agonies, and cries.
4 In every pang that rends the heart,
The Man of Sorrow had a part;
He sympathizes with our grief,
And to the sufferer sends relief.
5 With boldness, therefore, at the throne,
Let us make all our sorrows known;
And ask the aid of heavenly power,
To help us in the evil hour. Topics: Christ Mediator; Christ Priest; Christ Sympathy of; Christ Temptation of; Christ Weeping; Prayer and Invocation Used With Tune: OBERLIN
"The evil hour"