Before the Throne of God Above
𝄞: C  🕑: 4/4  CCLI: 4116703,2306412  🖉 Charitie Lees Bancroft (vss 1,2,3); Vikki Cook (vss 4)  © 1863, 1997 vss 1-3 Public Domain  

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Before the throne of God above, I have a strong, a perfect plea
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A great High Priest whose name is Love, Who ever lives and pleads for  me
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My name is   graven  on His hands; my name is   written  on His heart
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I know that while in   heaven He stands, no tongue can bid me thence de-  part
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No tongue can bid me thence de-  part

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When Satan tempts me to despair, and tells me of the guilt within
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Upward I look and  see Him there, Who made an end to all  my   sin
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Because the  sinless Saviour died, my sinful  soul is   counted free
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For God the Just is   satisfied, to look on Him and par- don  me
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To look on Him and par- don  me

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Behold Him there! The risen Lamb, my perfect, spotless Righteousness
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The great unchangeable I Am, the King of glory and  of   grace!
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One with Him- self I    cannot die; my soul is   purchased with His blood
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My life is hid with Christ on high, with Christ my Saviour and  my   God
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With Christ my Saviour and  my   God

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I bow before the cross of Christ, and marvel at this love divine
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God's perfect Son was sacrificed, to make me righteous in   God's eyes
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This river's depths I    cannot know, but I can  glory   in its flood
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The Lord Most High has  bowed down low, and poured on me His glorious  love
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And poured on me His glorious  love
