Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Here I sink before thee lowly
Topic: The Church/The Lord's Supper
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: PM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 539
Page Number: 328, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHERE I sink before thee lowly,
Filled with gladness deep and holy,
As with trembling awe and wonder
On they might work I ponder,--
On this banquet's mystery,
On the depths we can not see:
Ear beyond all mortal sight
Lie the secrets of thy might.
Sun, who all my life dost brighten!
Light, who dost my soul enlighten!
Joy, the sweetest man e'er knoweth!
Fount, whence all my being floweth!
Humbly draw I near to thee;
Grant that I may worthily
Take this blessed heavenly food,
To thy praise, and to my good.
Jesus, Bread of Life from heaven,
Never be thou vainly given,
Nor I to my hurt invited;
Be thy love with love requited;
Let me learn its depths indeed,
While on thee my soul doth feed;
Let me here so richly blest,
Be hereafter, too, thy guest!