1. He lives, the great redeemer lives!
What joy the blest assurance gives!
And now before his Father God
Pleads the full merits of his blood.
2. Repeated crimes awake our fears,
And justice armed with frowns appears;
But in the Savior's lovely face
Sweet mercy smiles, and all is peace.
3. Hence then, ye dark, despairing thoughts,
Above our fears, above our faults,
His pow'rful intercessions rise,
And guilt recedes, and terror dies.
4. In ev'ry dark, distressful hour,
When sin and Satan join their pow'r;
Let this dear hope repel the dart:
That Jesus bears us on his heart.
5. Great advocate, almighty Friend—
On him our humble hopes depend;
Our cause can never, never fail,
For Jesus pleads, and must prevail.
Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #139
First Line: | He lives, the great Redeemer lives |
Title: | Christ Ever Liveth to Make Intercession |
Author: | Anne Steele |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
He lives! the great Redeemer lives. Anne Steele. [Easter.] First published in her Poems on Subjects chiefly Devotional, 1760, vol. i. p. 64, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines and entitled, "The Intercession of Christ," and in Sedgwick's reprint of her Hymns, 1863, p. 40. It passed into the Nonconformist collections through Rippon's Selection, 1787; and into those of the Church of England through Toplady's Psalms & Hymns, 2nd edition 1787. It is one of the most popular of the author's hymns, and is in extensive use, especially in America.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
He lives! the great Redeemer lives. Anne Steele. [Easter.] First published in her Poems on Subjects chiefly Devotional, 1760, vol. i. p. 64, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines and entitled, "The Intercession of Christ," and in Sedgwick's reprint of her Hymns, 1863, p. 40. It passed into the Nonconformist collections through Rippon's Selection, 1787; and into those of the Church of England through Toplady's Psalms & Hymns, 2nd edition 1787. It is one of the most popular of the author's hymns, and is… Read More
He lives! the great Redeemer lives. Anne Steele. [Easter.] First published in her Poems on Subjects chiefly Devotional, 1760, vol. i. p. 64, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines and entitled, "The Intercession of Christ," and in Sedgwick's reprint of her Hymns, 1863, p. 40. It passed into the Nonconformist collections through Rippon's Selection, 1787; and into those of the Church of England through Toplady's Psalms & Hymns, 2nd edition 1787. It is one of the most popular of the author's hymns, and is in extensive use, especially in America.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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