Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Here O my Lord I see thee face to face
Topic: Lord's Supper
Writer: Horatius Bonar
Composer:
Meter: 10s
Tune: Raynolds
Hymn Number: 536
Page Number: 188, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHERE, O my Lord, I see thee face to face;
Here would I touch and handle things unseen;
Here grasp with firmer hand th' 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.