Scripture Verse

Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. 1 Corinthians 5:7

Introduction

Words: Will­iam H. H. Jer­vois, in The Eng­lish Hym­nal (Lon­don: Ox­ford Un­i­ver­si­ty Press, 1906), num­ber 328.

Music: Hym­nus Eu­cha­ris­ti­cus Ben­ja­min Ro­gers (1614–1698) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Jer­vois or Ro­gers (head-and-shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), would you ?

Lyrics

See, Father, Thy belovèd Son,
Whom here we now present to Thee;
The all sufficient sacrifice,
The sinner’s one and only plea.

Through Him we pray for all we love,
For all by pain or sin oppressed;
For souls departed in Thy fear:
O grant them eternal rest.