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AMIDST us our Belovèd stands, And bids us view His piercèd hands; Points to His wounded feet and side, Blest emblems of the Crucified. |
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2 | What food luxurious loads the board, When at His table sits the Lord! The wine how rich, the bread how sweet, When Jesus deigns the guests to meet! |
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3 | If now, with eyes defiled and dim, We see the signs, but see not Him, O may His love the scales displace, And bid us see Him face to face! |
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4 | Thou glorious Bridegroom of our hearts, Thy present smile a Heaven imparts: O lift the veil, if veil there be, Let every saint Thy beauties see! |
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon, 1834-92 |