The Worshipbook ‎#418

418. Here, O Our Lord, We See You Face to Face

1 Here, O our Lord, we see you face to face;
Here would we touch and handle things unseen,
Here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace,
And all our weariness upon you lean.

2 We have no help but yours, nor do we need
Another arm save yours to lean upon;
It is enough, O Lord, enough indeed;
Our strength is in your might, your might alone.

3 This is the hour of banquet and of song;
This is the heavenly table for us spread;
Here let us feast, and, feasting, still prolong
The fellowship of living wine and bread.

4 Too soon we rise; the symbols disappear,
The feast, though not the love, is past and gone;
The bread and wine remove, but you are here,
Nearer than ever, still our shield and sun.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Here, O our Lord, we see you face to face
• Title: Here, O Our Lord, We See You Face to Face
• Author: Horatius Bonar (1855, alt. 1972)
• Meter: 10.10.10.10.
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 11:23-26
• Topic: Sacraments: Lord's Supper

Tune Information

• Name: ERFYNIAD
• Harmonizer: David Evans (1920)
• Meter: 10.10.10.10.
• Key: g minor
• Source: Welsh Hymn Melody
• Copyright: Music used by permission of the Executors of the late Professor Evans.