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The Historic Faith · Hymn Companion

Here, O My Lord, I See Thee

Words by Horatius BonarMusic by Frederick C. AtkinsonWritten Tune MORECAMBE

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.

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.

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 brief, bright hour of fellowship with Thee.

I have no help but Thine; nor do I need
Another arm save Thine to lean upon;
It is enough, my Lord, enough indeed;
My strength is in Thy might, Thy might alone.

Mine is the sin, but Thine the righteousness;
Mine is the guilt, but Thine the cleansing blood;
Here is my robe, my refuge, and my peace:
Thy blood, Thy righteousness, O Lord my God.

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.

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.

Story Behind the Song

Horatius Bonar, a Scottish Presbyterian minister and hymn writer, wrote this communion hymn in 1855, and it was published in his Hymns of Faith and Hope. The text meditates on meeting Christ by faith at the Lord's Table, receiving forgiveness, and looking ahead to the marriage supper of the Lamb. The hymn is commonly sung to Frederick C. Atkinson's tune MORECAMBE, though it has appeared with other tunes in various hymnals.

Scripture

Found In

Hymns of Faith and Hope, Trinity Hymnal, The Hymnal 1982, Presbyterian Hymnal, Lutheran Service Book