In a different light, this poem also reminds me of the Biblical story of Jesus' being hung on the cross by Pontius Pilate soldiers (on the hill of Golgotha). The altar represents the cross on which Jesus is hung. This sacrifice was certainly cemented with tears, tears of his disciples, mother, and others who mourned for him. Jesus (except for the robbers also on crosses next to him) was essentially alone up on the hill, but stayed strong- "a heart alone is such a stone". "These stones to praise thee may not cease" means that even after Jesus as gone, we would not stop praising God. "Meets in this frame, to praise thy name" = Jesus was meeting his maker on this Altar (the cross) because he loved us and to praise God's name.
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