Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: The Lord how glorious is his face
Topic: The Lord's Supper
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 235
Page Number: 260, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe Lord, how glorious is his face,
How kind his smiles appear;
And Oh! what melting words he says
To every humble ear.
"For you, the children of my love,
"It was for you I died,
"Behold my hands, behold my feet,
"And look into my side.
"When hell and all its spiteful powers,
"Stood dreadful in my way,
"To rescue those dear lives of yours,
"I gave my own away.
But while I bled and groan'd and died,
I ruin'd Satan's throne;
"High on my cross I hung, and 'spird
"The monster tumbling down.
"Now you may triumph at my feast,
"And taste my flesh and blood,
"And live eternal ages blest,
"For 'tis immortal food."
Victorious Lord! What can we pay
For favors so divine?
We here devote our hearts away,
To be forever thine.
We give thee, Lord, our highest praise,
The tribute of our tongues;
But themes so infinite as these,
Exceed our noblest songs.