Hymns to the Living God ‎#282

282. Amidst Us Our Beloved Stands

1 Amidst us our Beloved stands,
and bids us view His pierced hands;
points to the wounded feet and side,
blest emblems of the Crucified.

2 What food luxurious loads the board,
when, at His table, sits the Lord!
The cup how rich, the bread how sweet,
when Jesus deigns the guests to meet!

3 If now, with eyes defiled and dim,
we see the signs, but see not Him;
O may His love the scales displace,
and bid us see Him face to face!

4 Our former transports we recount,
when with Him in the holy mount:
these cause our souls to thirst anew
His marred but lovely face to view.

Text Information

• First Line: Amidst us our Beloved stands
• Title: Amidst Us Our Beloved Stands
• Author: Charles H. Spurgeon (1866)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2017
• Topic: Communion

Tune Information

• Name: ROCKINGHAM
• Harmonizer: Edward Miller (1790)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Key: D Major
• Source: A. Williams's Supplement to Psalmody, c. 1780