675. C. M. Pratt's Coll.
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Adams, John G. (John Greenleaf) and Chapin, E. H. (Edwin Hubbell)
Before Communion.
1Prepare us, Lord, to view thy cross,
Who all our griefs hast borne;
To look on thee, whom we have pierced,--
To look on thee, and mourn.
2While thus we mourn we would rejoice;
And, as thy cross we see,
Let each exclaim in faith and hope,
"The Saviour died for me!"