Poems (Hale)/Communion Hymn
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COMMUNION HYMN.
The hallowed morn returns again,
Faith's gazing eye to greet.
O! let not sin our spirits stain,
As round the board we meet;—
But may our hearts, from earth set free,
Aspire, Eternal One! to Thee.
Faith's gazing eye to greet.
O! let not sin our spirits stain,
As round the board we meet;—
But may our hearts, from earth set free,
Aspire, Eternal One! to Thee.
God! let us bow in fervent prayer,
Around Thy sacred throne;
And as we cast on thee our care,
Worship thy name alone.
And let remembered love impart
A glow of heaven to every heart.
Around Thy sacred throne;
And as we cast on thee our care,
Worship thy name alone.
And let remembered love impart
A glow of heaven to every heart.
Here may we gather strength and might,
Life's trial way to tread;
And may Thy Spirit's guiding light,—
Faith's beaming ray be shed:
So may the holier path be pressed,
Which leads to Thee, and heaven's sweet rest.
Life's trial way to tread;
And may Thy Spirit's guiding light,—
Faith's beaming ray be shed:
So may the holier path be pressed,
Which leads to Thee, and heaven's sweet rest.