Here, O My Lord, I See Thee

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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.

Words by:

Horatius Bonar
Music by:

Edward Dearle