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623. Here, O My Lord, I See Thee

Text: Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889
Music: Edward Dearle
Tune: PENITENTIA, Meter: 10 10.10 10

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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.

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