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| Anonymous | St. Basil Hymnal (Unnamed Tune) |
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| 1) Upon the Altar, night and day, The Heart of Jesus lies, And night and day throughout the world, Do men Its claims despise; For by their cold ungrateful lives, They pierce It through and through, And by the scourges of their crimes, Its agonies renew. Chorus |
Chorus: Oh draw us close to Thee, sweet Lord! And burning zeal impart, To now repair, by praise and pray’r, The wrongs of Thy dear Heart! |
| 2) Beneath a crown of cruel thorns, Thy Heart is all on fire; And brightly shines from out Its flames, The cross of Thy desire. If pure and true must be the soul, That fain would hide in Thee, Oh! let Thy royal love supply, For all our misery! Chorus: |
3) We offer Thee our humble gifts, For poor they are and small, Our hearts, our souls, our little lives, Dear Heart! we give Thee all; And joyous victims we shall be, Consumed before Thy throne, If dead to sin, if dead to self, We live to Thee alone! Chorus: |
