How shall we come before the Lord?

How shall we come before the Lord?

Author: James Montgomery
Published in 1 hymnal

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How shall we come before the Lord?
And how approach to the Most High?
Met in His house with one accord,
At His commandment we draw nigh.

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Not hecatombs he now requires,
The daily blood of slaughterd beasts;
Quench'd are the ancient altar fires,
Extinct the line of typic priests.

Man's only Mediator stands
Before the Father's throne to plead
His sole atonement: in his hands
Our cause is safe; it must succeed.

The broken heart in sacrifice,
The contrite spirit let us bring,
For Thou, O God! wilt not despise
Thine own appointed offering.

Sacred Poems and Hymns

Author: James Montgomery

James Montgomery (b. Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1771; d. Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 1854), the son of Moravian parents who died on a West Indies mission field while he was in boarding school, Montgomery inherited a strong religious bent, a passion for missions, and an independent mind. He was editor of the Sheffield Iris (1796-1827), a newspaper that sometimes espoused radical causes. Montgomery was imprisoned briefly when he printed a song that celebrated the fall of the Bastille and again when he described a riot in Sheffield that reflected unfavorably on a military commander. He also protested against slavery, the lot of boy chimney sweeps, and lotteries. Associated with Christians of various persuasions, Montgomery supported missio… Go to person page >

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First Line: How shall we come before the Lord?
Author: James Montgomery
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English

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Sacred Poems and Hymns #97

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