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HYMNS.
146, 147
146.
The Sympathy of Christ. Heb. iv. 14—16.
t great High Priest our nature wears,
"" e guardian of mankind appears.
who for men their surety stood,
Lnd pour’d on earth his> precious blood,
'nrsnes in heav’n his miu-htv nlan.
fhough now ascended up on high,
Je bends on earth a brother’s eye;
partaker of the human name,
le knows the frailty of our frame,
kur fellow-sufPrer yet retains
. fellow-feeling of our pains,
Ind still remembers in the skies
[is tears^fiis agonies, and cries,
v’ry pang that rends the heart
man of sorrows had a part;
le sympathizes with our grief,
l.nd to the suff’rer sends relief.
Yith freedom, therefore, at the throne,
et us make all our sorrows known,
,nd ask the aid of heav’nly pow’r
<*o help us in the evil hour.
147.
SjYAmt’.f Compassion to the Weak and Tempted.
Heb. iv. 15, 16, and v. 7.
l-YriTH joy we meditate the grace
Ij Of our High Priest above;
j heart is made of tenderness,
t His bowels melt with love.