The Altar or, Meditations in Verse On The Great Christian Sacrifice By The Author of "The Cathedral," [i.e. Isaac Williams] |
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![]() | The Altar | ![]() |
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“Lord, it is good for us to be here.”
Then with Thy Finger and Thy Blood imbue
This lesson on the tables of our heart,
Which often all in vain Thy words impart,
That we to earthly friends must bid adieu
In heaven-ward turn'd affection; keep in view
This night of Thy sad parting; and thence know
The art to hold more loosely all below,
Lest with ourselves the loss of them we rue.
So may we better learn to be with Thee,—
Not when Thy visage was with glory starr'd
On Tabor, but with awful sorrows marr'd,
Thy Father's countenance from Thee debarr'd,—
To share Thy griefs, and with that favour'd three
Enter the gate of sad Gethsemane.
![]() | The Altar | ![]() |