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Hymn 8

A Throne of Grace

ARLINGTON, C.M.

A throne of grace! Then let us go

And offer up our prayer;

A gracious God will mercy show

To all that worship there.

A throne of grace: O at that throne

Our knees have often bent;

And God has show'red His blessings down

As often as we went.

A throne of grace! Rejoice, ye saints,

That throne is open still;

To God unbosom your complaints,

And then inquire His will.

A throne of grace we yet shall need,

Long as we draw our breath;

A Savior, too, to intercede,

Till we are changed by death.

The throne of glory then shall glow

With beams from Jesus' face;

And we no longer want shall know,

Nor need a throne of grace.

First Line
A throne of grace! Then let us go
Music
Dr. Thomas Arne, 1710-1788 (1760)
Arrangement
arr. by Ralph Harrison, 1748-1810 (1784)
Lyrics
Ingram Cobbin, 1777-1851 (1843)
First Appeared
10
Scripture Reference
Hebrews 4:16