675. C. M. Pratt's Coll.

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!"