| Text: | Here, O My Lord, I See Thee |
| Author: | Horatius Bonar |
| Tune: | PENITENTIA |
| Composer: | Edward Dearle |
1. Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face;
here would I touch and handle things unseen;
here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace,
and all my weariness upon thee lean.
2. This is the hour of banquet and of song;
this is the heavenly table spread for me;
here let me feast, and feasting, still prolong
the hallowed hour of fellowship with thee.
3. 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.
4. Too soon we rise; the symbols disappear;
the feast, though not the love, is past and gone.
The bread and wine remove; but thou art here,
nearer than ever, still my shield and sun.
5. 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.
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| First Line: | Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face |
| Title: | Here, O My Lord, I See Thee |
| Author: | Horatius Bonar (1857) |
| Meter: | 10 10.10 10 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1989 |
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| Topic: | The Sacraments and Rites of the Church: Eucharist (Holy Communion or The Lord's Supper); Closing Hymns; Holy Communion (2 more...) |
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| Name: | PENITENTIA |
| Composer: | Edward Dearle (1874) |
| Meter: | 10 10.10 10 |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
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