Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Here O my Lord I see thee face to face (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: Here O my Lord I see thee face to face

Topic: The Church/The Lord's Supper

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: 10s

Tune:

Hymn Number: 544

Page Number: 331, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face;

Here would I touch and handle things unseen;

Here grasp with firmer hand the eternal grace,

And all my weariness upon thee lean.



Here would I feed upon the bread of God;

Here drink with thee the royal wine of heaven;

Here would I lay aside each earthly load,

Here taste afresh the calm of sin forgiven.



Too soon we rise; the symbols disappear;

The feast, though not the love, is passed and gone;

The bread and wine remove, but thou art here-

Nearer than ever- still my Shield and Sun.



Feast after feast thus comes and passes by;

Yet, passing, points to the glad feast above-

Giving sweet foretaste of the festal joy,

The Lamb's great bridal feast of bliss and love.