Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Now let our cheerful eyes survey
Topic: Christ/His Mediatorial Reign
Writer: <no first name given> Doddridge
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 235
Page Number: 146, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNow let the cheerful eyes survey
Our great High Priest above,
And celebrate his constant care
And sympathetic love.
Though rais'd to heav'n's exalted throne
Where angels bow around,
And high o'er all the hosts of light,
With matchless honors crown'd --
The names of all his saints he bears,
Deep graven on his heart;
Nor shall the weakest Christian say
That he has lost his part.
Those characters shall fair abide,
Our everlasting trust,
When gems, and monuments, and crowns
Have molder'd down to dust.
So, gracious Saviour, on my breast
May thy lov'd name be worn,
A sacred ornament and guard,
To endless ages borne.