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Access to the Throne of Grace by a Mediator

Representative Text

1 Come, let us lift our joyful eyes
Up to the courts above,
And smile to see the Father there,
Upon a throne of love.
The peaceful gates of heav'nly bliss
Are opened by the Son;
High let us raise our notes of praise,
And reach th' almighty throne;
High let us raise our notes of praise,
And reach the almighty throne.

2 O heaven! O land of pure delight!
Where saints immortal reign,
Where endless day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain,
When shall my soul, from darkness free,
To thy bright seats remove,
Fore'er to praise my dearest Lord,
In endless peace and love;
Fore'er to praise my dearest Lord,
In endless peace and love.

3 To Him who sits upon the throne,
The God who all things made,
And to the Lamb for sinners slain,
Be endless honors paid.
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God whom we adore,
Be glory as it was and is,
And shall be evermore;
Be glory, as it was and is,
And shall be evermore.

Source: Laudis Corona: the new Sunday school hymn book, containing a collection of Catholic hymns, arranged for the principal seasons and festivals of the year #224

Author: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was the son of a schoolmaster, and was born in Southampton, July 17, 1674. He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev. Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In 1698, he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St., London. In 1702, he became pastor. In 1712, he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. It was a residence most favourable for his health, and for the prosecution of his literary… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Come, let us lift our joyful eyes
Title: Access to the Throne of Grace by a Mediator
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Come, let us lift our joyful eyes. I. Watts. [Christ the Mediator.] This is No. 108, Bk. ii., of his Hymns and Sacred Songs, 1707, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and is entitled, "Access to a throne of grace by a Mediator." In the older collections, as G. Whitefield's, 1753, and others, it was given in full, but in modern hymnals stanzas ii. and iii. are usually omitted, most editors both in Great Britain and America declining to maintain concerning the Throne of God:—

“Once 'twas a seat of dreadful wrath,
And shot devouring flame;
Our God appeared consuming fire,
And Veng'ance was His name.

“Rich were the drops of Jesus' blood,
That calm'd His frowning face,
That sprinkled o'er the burning Throne,
And turned the wrath to grace."

This hymn is sometimes misdated 1719, the date of Watts's Psalms.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Tune

AZMON

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) adapted AZMON from a melody composed by Carl G. Gläser in 1828. Mason published a duple-meter version in his Modern Psalmist (1839) but changed it to triple meter in his later publications. Mason used (often obscure) biblical names for his tune titles; Azmon, a city south of C…

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CHRISTMAS (Handel)

The tune is based on the the beginning of the soprano aria "Non vi piacque ingiusti dei" from the opera "Siroe"

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HENRY (Pond)


Timeline

Media

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A Pastor's Selection of Hymns and Tunes #143

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #326

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #37

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Baptist Chorals #124

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d153

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Carmina Sacra #117c

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Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #239

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Carmina Sanctorum #239

Children's Hymn Book and Sodality Manual #d15

Church Hymn Book . 3rd ed. #d88

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Church Hymns and Gospel Songs #213

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Church Hymns and Gospel Songs #213

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d186

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Church Melodies #330

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Church music #341

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Church Psalmist #182

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Church Psalmist #182

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Church Psalmist #182

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Church Psalmody #H98

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Church Psalmody #98

Crowning Carols #d24

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Dyer's Psalmist #362

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Evangelical Hymns #51

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Evangelical Musick #59b

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Gipsy Smith's Mission Hymnal #CH213

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Gospel Hymn and Tune Book #5

Gospel Praise Book, enlarged ed. #d22

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Gospel Praise Book. #186b

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High School Hymnal #34

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Hymnal #37

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Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship #209

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Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship. (Rev. ed.) #209

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #322

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Hymns and Spiritual Songs, in Three Books #II.CVIII

Hymns and Tunes for Home Worship #d35

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Hymns for Social Meetings #32

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Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a224

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Hymns, for the Use of the Catholic Church in the United States of America (New ed.) #16

Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print #d68

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Laudes Domini #476

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Laudis Corona #224

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #98

Melodies of the Church #d176

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New Manual of Praise #248

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Our New Hymnal #499

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Plymouth Collection #a559

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #559

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Precious Gems No. 1 #62

Prison Hymn Book #d47

Psalmista #d50

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Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Public Worship, and Approved by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America #H198

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d127

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. #d135

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #624

Psalms and Hymns for Public worship, Containing All the Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts ... #d140

Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God #d133

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Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts, The #II.108

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Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #518

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Psalms and Hymns #154

Reaper Songs #d9

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Revival Gems #184

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Revival Hymns #103

Rohr's Favorite Catholic Melodies #d12

Sacred Lyrics #d15

Sacred Melodies #d50

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Sacred Songs for Social Worship #18

School and College Hymnal #d16

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School and College Hymnal #34

Schools Lyrics #d29

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Seamen's Hymns #182

Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant #d112

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Selah #98a

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Social Psalmist #182

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #430

Songs for the New Life #d90

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #33

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #33

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #33

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Songs for the Sanctuary #33

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Songs for the Sanctuary #33

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Songs for the Sanctuary #33

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Songs for the Service of Prayer #96

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Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations #361

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Songs of Praise and Delight #91

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Songs of Praise with Tunes #125

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Songs of the Church #890

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Songs of Zion Enlarged #124

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Songs of Zion #81

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Sursum Corda #12a

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Sursum Corda #12b

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Temple Melodies #190

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d153

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #37

The American Repository of Sacred Music #d26

The American Tune Book (Carmina Sacra, enlarged) #d67

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The American Vocalist #97a

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