He ever lives to make intercession for us!

166 S. M.
He ever lives to make intercession for us.

LORD, how shall sinners dare
   Look up to thine abode?
   Or offer their imperfect prayer,
   Before a holy God?

2 Bright terrors guard thy seat,
   And glories veil thy face;
   Yet mercy calls us to thy feet,
   And to thy throne of grace.

3 My soul, with cheerful eye
   See where thy Saviour stands,—
   The glorious Advocate on high,
   With incense in his hands.

4 Teach my weak heart, O Lord,
   With faith to call thee mine;
   Bid me pronounce the blissful Word—
   Father—with joy divine.
                  Anne Steele
                  Methodist Episcopal hymnal (1870 edition)