Hymns For Communion Viii Poem by John Pierpont

Our Father! we approach thy board,
As children, that would be forgiven;
Remembering him, thy Son, who poured
His blood, to seal our hope of heaven.


O God, our Saviour! while we thus
Remember him who made us free,
Who agonized and died for us,
Our grateful hearts would rise to thee.


In him, whose bursting heart the cloud
Of sorrow chilled, and wretchedness;
In him, whose fainting head was bowed
In his unspeakable distress;


O listen to our fervent prayer;
That he, who hung on Calvary's hill,
And gave thee back his spirit there,
May live in our affections still.