African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal ‎#125

125. We May Not Climb the Heavenly steeps

1 We may not climb the heavenly steeps
To bring the Lord Christ down;
In vain we search the lowest deeps,
For Him no depths can drown.

2 But warm, sweet, tender, even yet
A present help is He;
And faith has still its Olivet,
And love its Galilee.

3 The healing of His seamless dress
Is by our beds of pain;
We touch Him in life’s throng and press,
And we are whole again.

4 O Lord and Master of us all:
Whate’er our name or sign,
We own Thy sway, we hear Thy call,
We test our lives by Thine!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: We may not climb the heavenly steeps
• Title: We May Not Climb the Heavenly steeps
• Author: John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2011
• Scripture:
  Matthew 9:21
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Life and Ministry; Jesus: Life and Ministry

Tune Information

• Name: SERENITY
• Composer: William V. Wallace, 1814-1865 (arr.)
• Meter: CM
• Key: E♭ Major