ess,
preserve, and keep me, now and for evermore. Amen.
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HYMNS.
1.
HOLY COMMUNION
1 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;
Day by day with strength supplied
Through the life of Him who died.
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:
Jesus, may we ever be
Grafted, rooted, built on Thee. Amen.
2.
1 According to Thy gracious word,
In meek humility,
This will I do, my dying Lord,
I will remember Thee.
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2 Thy Body, broken for my sake,
My Bread from heaven shall be:
Thy cup of blessing I will take,
And thus remember Thee.
3 Can I Gethsemane forget?
Or there Thy conflict see,
Thine agony and bloody sweat,
And not remember Thee?
4 When to the Cross I turn mine eyes,
And rest on Calvary,
O Lamb of God, my sacrifice,
I must remember Thee.
5 Remember Thee, and all Thy pains,
And all Thy love to me;
Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains,
Will I remember Thee.
6 And when these failing lips grow dumb,
And mind and memory flee,
When Thou shalt in Thy kingdom come,
Jesu, remember me. Amen.
3.
1 O God, unseen, yet ever near,
Thy presence may we feel;
And thus, inspired with holy fear,
Before Thine altar kneel.
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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 word obey,
For we, O God, are Thine;
And go rejoicing on our way,
Renewed with strength divine. Amen.
4.
1 I am not worthy, Holy Lord,
That Thou shouldst come to me,
Speak but the word, one gracious word
Can set the sinner free.
2 I am not worthy: cold and bare
The lodging of my soul;
How canst Thou deign to enter there?
Lord, speak, and make me whole.
3 I am not worthy; yet, my God,
How can I say Thee nay;
Thee, who didst give Thy Flesh and Blood
My ransom-price to pay?
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4 O come! in this sweet m
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