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For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Hebrews 4:14-16: “Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. It is a hymn which finds its theme in the perfect security which believers find in Christ, Who intercedes for them “before the throne of God above.” The following Scriptures find echoes in the song, whether Charitie is drawing conceptually from them or merely using their language. “Before the Throne of God Above” draws heavily from Scripture for its pictures and language. With Christ my Savior and my God! (Tit 2:13) My life is hid with Christ on high, (Col 3:3)
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My soul is purchased by His blood, (Acts 20:28) The great unchangeable I AM, (Heb 13:8 John 8:58) My perfect spotless righteousness, (1 Cor 1:30 1 Peter 1:18-19) (Rom 3:24-26)īehold Him there the risen Lamb, (Rev 5:6) Upward I look and see Him there (Acts 7:55-56) When Satan tempts me to despair (Luke 22:31-32) My name is graven on His hands, (Isa 49:16) (Heb 4:15-16)Ī great High Priest whose Name is Love (Heb 4:14) “Before the Throne” was written in 1863 under the title “The Advocate.” Charitie published her poetry in leaflet form as early as 1860, and a number of her collected works were eventually published as Within the Veil in 1867. Not much is known about her life, but it appears that she was widowed twice: although she married Arthur Bancroft in 1869, she died under the name Charitie de Cheney in California in 1923. She was the daughter of a minister of the Church of Ireland.
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One of the more outstanding hymn texts with which I am familiar is “Before the Throne of God Above.” The author, Charitie Lees Smith, was born in 1841 in the vicinity of Dublin, Ireland.