See, thro’ him, the heavenly King
Who for his subjects prays!
Israel’s intercessor sing,
And magnify his grace,
Praise our Lord, who ever lives
To save and bless his saints forgiven,
’Till he to himself receives,
And blesses us in heaven.
See, through Him, the heavenly King
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Solomon stood before the altar, in the presence of all the congregation, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.”—I. Kings viii. 22. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 175.
Publishing: Public Domain