Hymn 173

A Great High Priest in the Heavens.

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TH' 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.

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 fulfilled and now withdraw.

And though a while he be Hid from the eyes of men, His people look to see Their great High-priest again: In brightest glory he will come, And take his people waiting home.

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