Advent Hymnals

458. A PRESENT HELP

Christ in Song,

1.
We may not climb the heav'nly steeps,
To bring the Saviour 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 yet its Olivet,
And love, its Galilee.

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

4.
Thro' Him the first fond pray'rs 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 bear Thy call,
We test our lives by Thine!
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    Title A Present Help
    Key E Major
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    First Line We may not climb the heav’nly steeps
    Author Whittier
    Year 1908
    Composer Wm. Wallace
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    Subjects Christ: Christ With Us
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