287		LM
	BEFORE the throne of God above    I have a strong, a perfect plea; A great High Priest, Whose name is Love,     Who ever lives and pleads for me.
2	My name is graven on His hands     My name is written on His heart; I know that while in Heaven He stands     No tongue can bid me thence depart.
3	When Satan tempts me to despair,     And tells me of the guilt within, Upward I look, and see Him there     Who made an end of all my sin.
4	Because the sinless Saviour died,     My sinful soul is counted free; For God, the just, is satisfied     To look on Him and pardon me.
5	Behold Him there! the risen Lamb!     My perfect, spotless righteousness, The great unchangeable I AM,     The King of glory and of grace!
6	One with Himself, I cannot die;     My soul is purchased by His blood; My life is hid with Christ on high,     With Christ, my Saviour and my God.
	Charitee Lees Bancroft, 1841-1923