The Atoning Work Is Done

Verse 1

The atoning work is done,
The Victim’s blood is shed;
And Jesus now is gone
His people’s cause to plead:
He stands in heaven their Great High Priest,
And bears their names upon His breast.

Verse 2

He sprinkles with His blood
The mercy-seat above;
For justice had withstood
The purposes of love:
But justice now objects no more,
And mercy yields her boundless store.

Verse 3

No temple made with hands
His place of service is;
In heaven itself He stands,
A heavenly priesthood His:
In Him the shadows of the law
Are all fulfilled, and now withdraw.

Verse 4

And though awhile He be
Hid from the eyes of men,
His people look to see
Their Great High Priest again:
In brightest glory He will come,
And take His waiting people home.