Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Come let us join in songs of praise
Topic: Union
Writer: Alexander Pirie
Composer: William Gardiner
Meter: CM
Tune: Dedham
Hymn Number: 226
Page Number: 077, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCOME, let us join in songs of praise
To our ascended Priest;
He entered heaven with all our names
Engraven on his breast.
On earth he washed our guilt away
By his atoning blood;
Now he appears before the throne,
And pleads our cause with God.
Clothed with our nature still, he knows
The weakness of our frame,
And how to shield us from the foes
Which he himself o'ercame.
O may we ne'er forget his grace,
Nor blush to wear his name!
Still may our hearts hold fast his faith,
Our lips his praise proclaim!