Jesus, From Thy Throne on High

Jesus [Father], from Thy throne on high, Far above the bright blue sky

Author: Thomas Benson Pollock (1871)
Published in 118 hymnals

Representative Text

1. Jesus, from Thy throne on high,
Far above the bright blue sky,
Look on us with loving eye;
Hear us, Holy Jesus!

2. Little children need not fear
When they know that Thou art near;
Thou dost love us, Saviour dear;
Hear us, Holy Jesus!

3. Little hearts may love Thee well,
Little lips Thy love may tell,
Little hymns Thy praises swell;
Hear us, Holy Jesus!

Source: The Children's Hymnbook #52

Author: Thomas Benson Pollock

Pollock, Thomas Benson, M.A., was born in 1836, and graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, B.A. 1859, M.A. 1863, where he also gained the Vice-Chancellor's Prize for English Verse in 1855. Taking Holy Orders in 1861, he was Curate of St. Luke's, Leek, Staffordshire; St. Thomas's, Stamford Hill, London; and St. Alban's, Birmingham. Mr. Pollock is a most successful writer of metrical Litanies. His Metrical Litanies for Special Services and General Use, Mowbray, Oxford, 1870, and other compositions of the same kind contributed subsequently to various collections, have greatly enriched modern hymnbooks. To the 1889 Supplemental Hymns to Hymns Ancient & Modern, Mr. Pollock contributed two hymns, “We are soldiers of Christ, Who is mighty to save… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Jesus [Father], from Thy throne on high, Far above the bright blue sky
Title: Jesus, From Thy Throne on High
Author: Thomas Benson Pollock (1871)
Meter: 7.7.7.6
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Hear us, holy Jesus
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Sunday School Chorister #d50

The Sunday School Chorister #52

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The Sunday School Hymnal #279

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The Sunday School Hymnary #241a

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The Sunday School Hymnary #241b

Treasure Songs for Schools and Churches #d113

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Worship Song #673

The Book of Praise #776

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Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church #569

The Book of Common Praise #729

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The Sunday School Hymnal #279

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Manual for the chapel of Girard College #85

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The Hymnal #368

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Gloria Deo #682

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The Church Hymnal #526

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The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #526

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The Presbyterian Book of Praise #580

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