4 Revive Thy dying Churches, Lord,
And bid our drooping graces live;
And more that energy afford,
A Saviour's blood alone can give.
To meet around His board;
Here pardoned sinners kneel, and hold
Communion with their Lord.
2 Here we survey that love
Which spoke in every
Which crowned each action of His life,
And triumphed in His death.
3 Here let our powers unite
His glorious Name to raise;
Peace, love, and joy fill every mind,
And every voice be praise.
BREAD of the world, in merey broken!
Wine of the soul, in mercy shed!
By whom the words of life were spoken,
And in whose death our sins are dead!
Look on the heart by sorrow broken,
Look on the tears by sinners shed,
And be Thy feast to us the token,
That by Thy grace our souls are fed
BREAD of heaven! on Thee we feed,
For Thy flesh is meat indeed:
Ever may our souls be fed
With this true and living bread!
2 Vine of heaven, Thy blood supplies
This blest cup of sacrifice:
Lord, Thy wounds our healing give:
To Thy Cross we look and live.
3 Mighty Saviour, risen Lord,
Day by day Thy strength afford!
Jesu, may we ever be
Rooted, grafted, built on Thee!
CCORDING to Thy gracious word,
In meek humility,
This will I do, my dying Lord,
I will remember Thee.
2 Thy body, broken for my sake,
My bread from heaven shall be ;
The cup of blessing I will take,
And thus remember Thee.
3 When to the Cross I turn mine eyes,
And rest on Calvary,
O Lamb of God, my Sacrifice!
I must remember Thee.
4 And when these failing lips grow dumb,
And thought and memory flee,
When Thou shalt in Thy kingdom come,
Then, Lord, remember me !
GOD, unseen yet ever near,
And thus, inspired with holy fear,
Before Thine altar kneel!
2 Here may Thy faithful people know
The blessings of Thy love,
The streams that through the desert flow,
The manna from above!
3 We come, obedient to Thy word,
To feast on heavenly food;
Our meat, the Body of the Lord,
Our drink, His precious Blood.
4 Thus may we all Thy words obey,
For we, O God, are Thine;
And go rejoicing on our way,
Renewed with strength divine.
1 LOOK down, O Lord, and on our youth
Bestow Thy gifts of heavenly grace ;
And let the seed of sacred truth
Find in each heart a fruitful place.
2 Soon to appear before Thy sight
Their vow and promise to renew,
Prepare them for the solemn rite,
Bid each his heart and life review.
3 The Cross that marked their infant brow,
May it a faithful emblem prove,
That they shall keep that sacred vow,
And walk as children of Thy love!
4 Now in the strength of power divine,
O may they all, with glad accord,
In holy covenant combine,
And join themselves to Christ the Lord!
5 Thy sons and daughters may they be,
Confirmed and strengthened by Thy grace,
And safe through life preserved by Thee,
In heaven behold Thee face to face.
LORD, shall Thy children come to Thee?
A boon of love divine we seek ;
Brought to Thine arms in infancy,
Ere heart could feel, or tongue could speak,
Thy children pray for grace, that they
May come themselves to Thee to-day.
2 Lord, shall we come, and come again?
Oft as we see Thy table spread,
And, tokens of Thy dying pain,
The wine poured out, the broken bread;
Bless, bless, O Lord, Thy children's prayer,
That they may come and find Thee there.
3 Loud, shall we come? not thus alone
At holy times, or solemn rite?
But every hour till life be flown,
Throngh weal or woe, in gloom or light,
Come to Thy throne of grace, that we,
In faith, hope, love, confirmed may be.
4 Lord, shall we come, come yet again?
Thy children ask one blessing more;
To come, not now alone, but then,
When life, and death, and time are o'er,
Then, then to come, O Lord, and be
Confirmed in heaven, confirmed by Thee!
[ESUS shall reign where'er the sun
Doth his successive journeys run ;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
2 To Him shall endless prayer be made,
And princes throng to crown His head;
His Name, like sweet perfume, shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.
3 People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on His love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on His Name.
4 Blessings abound where'er He reigns,
The prisoner leaps to loose his chains,
The weary find eternal rest,
And all the sons of want are blest.
5 Let every creature rise and bring
Peculiar honours to our King;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the loud Amen!
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