# Before the Throne of God Above

## 𝄞: C 🕑: 4/4 CCLI: 4116703,2306412 url 🖉 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