Scripture Verse

He is able…to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. Hebrews 7:25

Introduction

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Baptist W. Noel (1798–1873)

Words: Bap­tist W. No­el, A Se­lect­ion of Psalms and Hymns, Adapt­ed Chief­ly for Con­gre­ga­tion­al and So­cial Wor­ship (Lon­don: B. W. Gar­din­er, 1853), num­ber 282, alt. (except the re­frain, which is from the same source as the mu­sic, giv­en be­low).

Music: C. A. Ward, 1885. Ap­peared in Gos­pel Jew­els, by Ralph E. Hud­son (Cleve­land Ohio: Pub­lish­ing House of the Ev­an­ge­li­cal As­so­cia­tion, 1890), num­ber 136 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Ward’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Jesus the Lord of glo­ry died,
That we might ne­ver die;
And now He reigns su­preme to guide
His peo­ple to the sky.

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Jesus, the Sav­ior, on Cal­va­ry’s tree,
Died that we might ne­ver die;
And now He is plead­ing that we might see
That beau­ti­ful home on high.

Weak tho’ we are, He still is near,
To lead, con­sole, de­fend;
In all our sor­row, sin, and fear,
Our all-suf­fi­cient friend.

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From His high throne in bliss, He deigns
Our ev­ery pray­er to heed;
Bears with our fol­ly, soothes our pains,
Supplies our ev­ery need.

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Still, thro’ His in­ter­cess­ion spared,
We find Him true and kind;
Though we are as the mar­ble hard,
And change­ful as the wind.

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From His love’s ex­haust­less spring,
Joys like a ri­ver come;
To make the de­sert bloom and sing,
O’er which we tra­vel home.

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Jesus, there is none like Thee,
Our Sav­ior and our Lord;
Through Hea­ven and earth ex­alt­ed be,
Belovèd, ob­eyed, ad­ored.

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