Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1828
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Jesus in thee our eyes behold
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Hymn 2
Page Number: 054, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJESUS, in thee our eyes behold
A thousand glories more
Than the rich gems and polish'd gold
The sons of Aaron wore.
The first their own burnt off'rings brought,
To purge themselves from sin;
Thy life was pure, without a spot,
And all they nature clean.
Fresh blood, as constant as the day,
Was on their altar spilt;
But thy one off'ring takes away
Forever, all our guilt.
Their priesthood ran through sev'ral hands,
For mortal was their race;
Thy never-changing office stands,
Eternal as thy days.
Once in the circuit of a year,
With blood, but not his own,
Aaron within the vail appear'd
Before the golden throne:
But Christ, by his own powerful blood,
Ascends above the skies,
And in the presence of our God
Shows his own sacrifice.
Jesus, the King of Glory, reigns
On Zions heavenly hill;
Looks like a Lamb that had been slain,
And wears his priesthood still.
He ever lives in heav'n to plead
The cause which cost his blood.
And saves unto the utmost those
Who by him come to God.