Before the Throne of God Above

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Before the throne of God above, I have a strong, a perfect plea

Author: Charitie Lees Smith
Tune: [Before the throne of God above]
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	Three About Jesus: A Triptych

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	BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD ABOVE

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1 Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea,
a great High Priest whose name is "Love,"
who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on His hands;
my name is written on His heart;
I know that while in heav'n He stands,
no tongue can bid me thence depart;
no tongue can bid me thence depart.

2 When Satan tempts me to despair,
and tells me of the guilt within,
upward I look and see Him there
who made an end of all my sin.
Because the sinless Savior died,
my sinful soul is counted free;
for God the Just is satisfied
to look on Him and pardon me;
to look on Him and pardon me.

3 Behold Him there, the risen Lamb!
My perfect, spotless Righteousness;
the great unchangeable I AM,
the King of glory and of grace!
One with Himself I cannot die;
my soul is purchased with His blood;
my life is hid with Christ on high,
with Christ my Savior and my God;
with Christ my Savior and my God!

Source: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #329

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Author: Charitie Lees Smith

Bancroft, Charitie Lees, née Smith, daughter of the Rev. Sidney Smith, D.D., Rector of Drumragh, County Tyrone, Ireland; was born at Bloomfield, Merrion, in the county of Dublin, June 21,1841; and married, in 1869, to Arthur E. Bancroft. Her hymns have appeared in periodicals, Lyra Britannica, Bishop Ryle's Spiritual Songs, and other collections, and also as leaflets. The following have come into common usage:— 1. O for the [a] robes [robe] of whiteness. Heaven desired. This favorite children's hymn was 1st pub. as a leaflet in 1860. In 1867 it was included in Lyra Britannica, and thence has passed into several collections in Great Britain and America. 2. The King of glory standeth. Christ the Saviour. … Go to person page >

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First Line:	Before the throne of God above, I have a strong, a perfect plea
Title:	Before the Throne of God Above
Author:	Charitie Lees Smith
Meter:	8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Within the vale with Jesus
Copyright:	Public Domain
Liturgical Use:	Communion Songs

Year A, Easter season, Third Sunday
Related to 1 Peter 1

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Spanish

Santo, Santo, Santo: cantos para el pueblo de Dios = Holy, Holy, Holy: songs for the people of God #541

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Before the throne of God above. The Advocate. Dated 1863, and given in Spurgeon's Our Own Hymn Book, 1866; Laudes Domini, N. Y., 1884.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Hymns to the Living God (2017), p.181

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