1 How pleasing to behold and see
The friends of Jesus all agree,
To sit around his sacred board,
As members of one common Lord.
2 Here we behold the dawn of bliss
Here we behold the Savior's grace
Here we behold his precious blood,
Which sweetly pleads for us with God.
3 While here we sit we would implore
That love may spread from shore to shore
Till all the saints, like us combine,
To praise the Lord in songs divine.
4 To all we freely give our hand,
Who love the Lord in ev'ry land;
For all are one in Christ, our Head,
To whom be endless honors paid.
5 Here, by the bread and wine, we view
What boundless curses were our due;
But through th' atonement of our Lord,
More than was lost is now restored.
6 Let wrath and strife, those seeds of hell,
No more in Christian bosoms dwell;
But love and union, by his blood,
Prove us the chosen heirs of God.
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