Classic Poem

1. O thou whose gracious presence shone A
2. Thy grace and truth, thy life that shed Un-
light to bless thy fellow men, To
dying radiance through all time, Thy
thee we fondly turn again, As
tender love, thy faith sublime, Re-
to a friend that we have known.
membering these, we break the bread.

3. And lo! again we seem to hear
Thy blessing on the loaf and cup;
The presence that was lifted up
Again to loving hearts brought near.

4. Our lesser lives, thus touching thine,
Are joined, with all the pure and good,
In truer, nobler brotherhood
That lifts the world to realms divine.