Christ — Mediation and Atonement

Where high the heavenly temple stands

No. 347
Metre L. M.
Tune WARD.
Words Michael Bruce.
Music Scotch, arr. by Lowell Mason.
Key B-flat major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 2/2
4 stanzas

Words

Where high the heavenly temple stands,The house of God not made with hands,A great High Priest our nature wears,The Guardian of mankind appears.

He who for men their surety stood,And poured on earth his precious blood,Pursues in heaven his mighty plan,The Saviour and the Friend of man.

In every pang that rends the heart,The Man of sorrows had a part;He sympathizes with our grief,And to the sufferer sends relief.

With boldness, therefore, at the throneLet us make all our sorrows known,And ask the aid of heavenly power,To help us in the evil hour.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «CHRIST—MEDIATION AND ATONEMENT.»; hymn number «347» (large), tune name «WARD. L. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «SCOTCH, ARR. BY LOWELL MASON.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one verse-line pair per system, with «1.» before «Where»; under the staves the words are divided «tem - ple», «na - ture», «man - kind», while «heavenly», «Guardian» and «appears.» are printed whole over two notes each (joined here). Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «136, 343, 23.» in bold italic figures (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 136, 343 or 23); all lines of each stanza at one margin. «Michael Bruce.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;» («part ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.