We May Not Climb The Heavenly Steeps
- Words:
- John G. Whittier
- Music:
- William V. Wallace
Sheet music
- 1We may not climb the heav’nly steepsTo bring the Lord Christ down;In vain we search the lowest deeps,For Him no depths can drown.But warm, sweet, tender, even yetA present help is He;And faith has still its Olivet,And love its Galilee.
- 2Thru Him the first fond prayers are saidOur lips of childhood frame;The last low whispers of our deadAre burdened with His Name.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1866, the words are in 287 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.