Scripture Verse

Look upon the face of Thine anointed. Psalm 84:9

Introduction

Words: Vin­cent S. S. Coles, in Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern, 1904.

Music: Al­monds­bu­ry Ba­sil Har­wood, in the Ox­ford Hymn Book, 1908 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Coles (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

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Basil Harwood (1859–1949)

Lyrics

Almighty Fa­ther, Lord most high,
Who mad­est all, who fill­est all,
Thy name we praise and mag­ni­fy,
For all our needs on Thee we call.

We of­fer to Thee of Thine own
Ourselves and all that we can bring,
In bread and cup be­fore Thee shown,
Our uni­ver­sal of­fer­ing.

All that we have we bring to Thee,
Yet all is naught when all is done,
Save that in it Thy love can see
The sac­ri­fice of Thy dear Son.

By His com­mand in bread and cup
His bo­dy and His blood we plead;
What on the cross He of­fered up
Is here our sac­ri­fice in­deed.

For all Thy gifts of life and grace,
Here we Thy ser­vants hum­bly pray
That Thou wouldst look up­on the face
Of Thine an­oint­ed Son to­day.

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The Last Supper
Daniele Crespi (1590–1630)