Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book ‎#71

71. Jesus, my great High Priest

1 JESUS, my great High Priest,
Offered His blood and died;
My guilty conscience seeks
No sacrifice beside.
His powerful 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 defence 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 powers of hell unknown,
Put their most dreadful forms
Of rage and mischief on,
I shall be safe, for Christ displays
Superior power and guardian grace.

Text Information

• First Line: Jesus, my great High Priest
• Meter: H. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1893
• Topic: Passion
• Notes: Now Public Domain. I. Watts.

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