How Pleasing to Behold and See

Lyrics

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Lyrics from A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1841

Hymn 192
L.M.
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.