Scripture Verse

We will remember Thy love. Song of Solomon 1:4

Introduction

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William Bright (1824–1901)

Words: Will­iam Bright, 1874.

Music: Un­de et Me­mo­res Will­iam H. Monk, 1875 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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William H. Monk (1823–1889)

Lyrics

And now, O Fa­ther, mind­ful of the love
That bought us, once for all, on Cal­va­ry’s tree,
And hav­ing with us Him that pleads above,
We here pre­sent, we here spread forth to Thee,
That on­ly of­fer­ing per­fect in Thine eyes,
The one true, pure, im­mor­tal sac­ri­fice.

Look, Fa­ther, look on His anoint­ed face,
And on­ly look on us as found in Him;
Look not on our mis­us­ings of Thy grace,
Our pray­er so lang­uid, and our faith so dim;
For lo! be­tween our sins and their re­ward,
We set the pas­sion of Thy Son our Lord.

And then for those, our dear­est and our best,
By this pre­vail­ing pre­sence we ap­peal;
O fold them clos­er to Thy mer­cy’s breast!
O do Thine ut­most for their souls’ true weal!
From taint­ing mis­chief keep them white and clear,
And crown Thy gifts with strength to per­se­vere.

And so we come; O draw us to Thy feet,
Most pa­tient Sav­ior, who canst love us still!
And by this food, so aw­ful and so sweet,
Deliver us from ev­ery touch of ill:
In Thine own ser­vice make us glad and free,
And grant us ne­ver­more to part with Thee.