How humble Moses was, who met

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Themes:
Scriptures:
  • Genesis 22:1-19
  • Exodus 33:11
  • Exodus 34:29-35
  • Numbers 12:3
  • 1 Kings 10:1-3
  • 1 Kings 10:23-24
  • 1 Kings 17:1-6
  • 1 Kings 3:5-15
  • 1 Kings 4:30-34
  • 2 Chronicles 9:1-2
  • 2 Chronicles 9:22-23
  • Ecclesiastes 1:12-18
  • Ecclesiastes 2:9-10
  • Isaiah 50:6
  • Daniel 6:1-17
  • Matthew 11:29-30
  • Matthew 12:42
  • Matthew 26:67-68
  • Matthew 27:27-31
  • Matthew 27:39-44
  • Mark 14:65
  • Mark 15:15-33
  • Mark 15:16-20
  • Mark 15:29-32
  • Luke 1:33
  • Luke 11:31
  • Luke 22:63-65
  • Luke 23:11
  • Luke 23:35-39
  • John 17:9-26
  • John 18:22
  • John 19:1-3
  • Romans 8:34
  • 1 Corinthians 15:25
  • Colossians 1:17
  • Hebrews 12:2
  • Hebrews 3:3
  • Hebrews 7:25
  • James 5:17-18
  • 1 Peter 2:24
Book Number:
  • 398

How humble moses was, who met
God face to shining face, and yet
his meekness was his fame!
But humbler still was he who left
the realms above and, all bereft
of glory, bore our shame.

2. How bravely Daniel prayed each day
and, trusting God, was dragged away
to face the lions’ den!
But braver still was he who bore
the hating, spitting, flogging sore
and taunts of sinful men.

3. What faith had Abraham of old,
who followed God when he was told
to sacrifice his son!
But greater still the faith we see
in him who on the cruel tree
has our salvation won.

4. How great the prayer Elijah prayed
that kept the rain away and made
the land as dry as bone!
But greater still the prayers he makes
who rose from death and for our sakes
now pleads before God’s throne.

5. How great King Solomon became,
how wise he was, how wide his fame
that stretched from shore to shore!
But greater still, and wiser too,
is he who rules the world and who
will reign for evermore.

© Author/Praise Trust
Phil Heaps. ALT

The Son - His Life and Ministry

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Tune

  • Cornwall
    Cornwall
    Metre:
    • 886 886
    Composer:
    • Wesley, Samuel Sebastian

The story behind the hymn

These stzs were chosen from a longer text by Phil Heaps submitted for this book. He wrote the original while a 3rd year Cambridge University student, as he ‘felt there was a lack of hymns reflecting on Jesus as the “fulfilment

A look at the author

Heaps, Phil

b Dewsbury, W Yorks 1975. Cambridge Univ (MA Maths); a systems software engineer who belongs to a Grace Baptist church, and wrote his first hymn text, first published in Praise!, while still a student. Numbers 398, 1160.