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NOW LET OUR CHEERFUL EYES SURVEY

Scripture Verse

Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually. Exodus 28:29

Introduction

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Philip Doddridge
(1702–1751)

Words: Phi­lip Dodd­ridge (1702–1751). Pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in Hymns Found­ed on Va­ri­ous Texts in the Ho­ly Scrip­tures, by Job Or­ton (Shrop­shire, Eng­land: Jo­shua Ed­dowes & John Cot­ton, 1755), num­ber 8: Christ’s in­ter­ces­sion ty­pi­fied by Aar­on’s breast­plate.

Music: South­well (Ir­ons) Her­bert S. Ir­ons, 1861 (🔊 ).

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Lyrics

Now let our cheer­ful eyes sur­vey
Our great high priest above,
And ce­le­brate His con­stant care,
And sym­pa­the­tic love.

Though raised to a su­per­ior throne,
Where an­gels bow around,
And high o’er all the shin­ing train,
With match­less hon­ors crowned;

The names of all His saints He bears
Deep grav­en on His heart;
Nor shall the mean­est Chris­tian say,
That he hath lost his part.

Those char­ac­ters shall fair abide
Our ev­er­last­ing trust,
When gems, and mon­uments, and crowns,
Are mol­dered down to dust.

So, gra­cious Sav­ior, on my breast,
May Thy dear name be worn,
A sac­red or­na­ment and guard,
To end­less ag­es borne.