Hymnal: according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 118. The atoning work is done

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Hymnal‎#118

119

Text:

The atoning work is done

118. The atoning work is done

Full Text

1 The atoning work is done,
The Victim's blood is shed;
And Jesus now is gone
His people's cause to plead;
He stands in heaven, their great High Priest,
And bears their names upon His breast.

2 He sprinkles with His blood
The mercy-seat above;
For Justice had withstood
The purposes of love;
But Justice now withstands no more,
And Mercy yields her boundless store.

3 No temple made with hands
His place of service is;
In heaven itself He stands,
A heavenly priesthood His.
In Him the shadows of the law
Are all fulfill'd, and now withdraw.

4 And though awhile He be
Hid from the eye of men,
His people look to see
Their great High Priest again:
In brightest glory He will come,
And take His waiting people home.