Worship and Service Hymnal ‎#46

46. 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 Through Him the first fond prayers are said
Our lips of childhood frame;
The last low whispers of our dead
Are burdened with His Name.

5 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 G. Whittier, 1807-1892
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1957
• Topic: Christ: Life and Ministry; Devotional; Inner Life

Tune Information

• Name: SERENITY
• Composer: William V. Wallace, 1814-1865
• Key: E♭ Major