Dear Editor,
In his letter (April en), Andrew Proud quite rightly points out that the use of “propitiation” in hymns is rare. For many years, our church used Gadsby’s Selection. I found one hymn in there which uses the term: hymn 130 by Joseph Hart. Praising the character and offices of Jesus Christ, verse two reads:
He is the Son to free,
The Bishop he to bless,
The full Propitiation he,
The Lord our Righteousness,
His body’s glorious Head,
Our Advocate that pleads,
Our Priest that prayed, atoned and bled,
And ever intercedes.
