Religion
Hebrews 10: Boldness that dares not move
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 13 (1872)
Boldness that dares not move,
Yet holds the God from whom it came,
And sinks us into holy shame,
The depth of humble love. -
Happy we, who humbly prove
The true liberty of love,
Through the all-atoning blood
We have free access to God,
Enter the most holy place,
Stand before our Father's face.
Boldly we approach the throne
By a living way unknown,
Way of faith which Jesus made,
Through the veil of flesh display'd;
Through His rent humanity
God our Friend in heaven we see.
There we see our great High-Priest,
Enter'd His triumphant rest,
There He pleads His death below,
There He lives His wounds to show,
Offers up our prayers with His,
Claims for us eternal bliss.
Draw we then through Jesus near,
Saved from sin, and doubt, and fear,
In full confidence Divine,
Each assured, that Christ is mine,
Mine, O God, through Christ Thou art,
Mine I have Thee in my heart.
Upright now my heart and true
Lo, I offer to Thy view,
Lighten'd of its guilty load,
Sprinkled with my Saviour's blood,
Conscious of Thy pardoning grace,
Cleansed 'from all unrighteousness.
He that made my conscience clean
Still preserves from acting sin,
Pours His Spirit of purity,
Every moment waters me;
He shall wholly sanctify,
Take me sinless to the sky.
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