Verse 1
If Jesus bless, and break the bread,
And give it hungry souls to feed,
To sudden sight restor’d
With faith’s inlighten’d eyes they see
The fulness of the Deity,
And recognize their Lord.

Verse 2
Millions of mournful souls have seen
Him fairer than the sons of men
Present at his own feast,
Injoy’d on earth the blisful sight,
And lean’d with rapturous delight
On his beloved breast.

Verse 3
Yet who their Saviour truly knew,
They could not always keep in view
The beauties of his face:
From saints he sensibly withdraws,
And makes them gainers by the loss
Of that extatic grace.

Verse 4
With stronger love for Him they sigh,
Till Christ returning in the sky
Their glorious Head they see,
And then he hides his face no more,
And then they gaze, admire, adore
Thro’ all eternity.