Lord of Our Highest Love

Lord of our highest love!
Let now your peace be given;
fix all our thoughts on things above,
our hearts on thee in heaven.

Then dearest Christ, draw near,
while we your table spread;
and crown the feast with heavenly cheer,
yourself the living bread.

And when the loaf we break,
your own rich blessing give,
may all with loving hearts partake
and all new strength receive.

Dear Christ! what memories crowd
around the sacred cup!
The upper room! Gethsemane!
Your foes! Your lifting up!

O scenes of suffering love,
enough our souls to win—-
enough to melt our hearts and prove
the antidote of sin.