Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1843
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: How pleasing to behold and see
Topic: Christian Love Union and Communion
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune: Devotion
Hymn Number: Song 44 (part I)
Page Number: 118 (part I), click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW pleasing to behold and see
The friends of Jesus all agree,
To sit around the sacred board
As members of one common Lord.
Here we behold the dawn of bliss-
Here we enjoy the Saviour's grace-
Here we behold his precious blood,
Which sweetly pleads for us with God.
While here we sit we would implore
That love may spread from shore to shore,
Till all the saints, like us, combine
To praise the Lord in songs divine.
To all we freely give our hand,
Who love the Lord in ev'ry land;
For all are one in Christ our head,
To whom be endless honors paid.
Here, by the bread and wine, we view
What boundless curses were our due;
But through the off'ring of our Lord,
More than was lost is now restor'd.
Let wrath and strife, those seeds of hell,
Ne'er in the Christian bosom dwell;
But love and union, by his blood,
Prove us the chosen heirs of God.