A Great High Priest our na-ture wears, The Guardian of man-kind ap-pears. A

2 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.

3 Though now ascended up on high,
He bends on earth a brother's eye;
Partaker of the human name,
He knows the frailty of our frame.

And still remembers in the skies
His tears, His agonies, and cries.

5 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.

6 With boldness, therefore, at the throne
Let us make all our sorrows known,
And ask the aids of heavenly power
To help us in the evil hour.

4 Our Fellow-sufferer yet retains
A fellow-feeling of our pains,
verse 1, line 4, verse 2, lines 1, 3, 4, alt. in Scottish "Translations and Paraphrases"

HEBRON L. M.

Michael Bruce, publ. 1781:

Lowell Mason, 1830

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A Great High Priest our na-ture wears, The Guardian of man-kind ap-pears. A - MEN.

10 Thou, the con-trite sin-ners' Friend, Who, lov - ing, lov'st them to

On this a-lone my hopes de- pend, That Thou wilt plead for

A rise, and with Thy morn - ing beams Chase all our griefs