A broken ALTAR, Lord, thy servant rears, | |
Made of a heart and cemented with tears; | |
Whose parts are as thy hand did frame; | |
No workman's tool hath touch'd the same. | |
A HEART alone | 5 |
Is such a stone, | |
As nothing but | |
Thy pow'r doth cut. | |
Wherefore each part | |
Of my hard heart | 10 |
Meets in this frame | |
To praise thy name. | |
That if I chance to hold my peace, | |
These stones to praise thee may not cease. | |
Oh, let thy blessed SACRIFICE be mine, | 15 |
And sanctify this ALTAR to be thine. |