Poems by the late John Bethune With a sketch of the author's life, by his brother |
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SACRAMENTAL LINES—1836.
Another year hath pass'd away,With all its hopes and all its fears,
And brought again this blessed day,
The brightest of our earthly years;
For though our dim eyes cannot see
As yet the glories we shall share,
Yet glorious surely it must be
To sit before the Saviour—
The tokens of his love to take.
With humble hearts and humble eyes
To break the bread, as Jesus brake
Before that glorious sacrifice
Which for a sinful world he made,
When he resign'd himself to die
For guilty man—by man betray'd
To suffer shame and agony.
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