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 Hymnal Revised

Date: 1882

Compiler: A I Hobbs et al

Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co

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

Topic: Calmness

Writer: Horatius Bonar

Composer: Mendelssohn

Meter: 10s

Tune: Raynolds

Hymn Number: 561

Page Number: 200, 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 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 heav'n;

Here would I lay aside each earthly load,

Here taste afresh the calm of sin forgiv'n.



Too soon we rise; the symbols disappear;

The feast, though not the love, is pass'd and gon;

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.