268 Grateful remembrance. C. M. ACCORDING to thy gracious word, In meek humility, This will I do, my dying Lord,- 2 Thy body, broken for my sake, 4 When to the cross I turn mine eyes, O Lamb of God, my Sacrifice, I must remember thee! 5 Remember thee and all thy pains, Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains, 6 And when these failing lips grow dumb And mind and mem'ry flee, When thou shalt in thy kingdom come, Jesus, remember me. 269 The opened Fountain. CALL'D from above, I rise, And wash away my sin; The stream to which my spirit flies, 2 It runs divinely clear, A fountain deep and wide: "Twas open'd by the soldier's spear, In my Redeemer's side. S. M. 270 Gratitude and love. TF human kindness meets return, If tender thoughts within us burn 2 O, shall not warmer accents tell To Him who died our fears to quell, C. M. 8 While yet in anguish he survey'd 4 Remember thee! thy death, thy shame, O mem'ry, leave no other name So deeply graven there. 271 L. M. Figure and means of saving grace. A WHO of our salvat With lowly, thankful hearts, we praise; Author of this great mystery, Figure and means of saving grace. 2 The sacred, true, effectual sign, Thy mercy and thy strength bestows. The strength through which our spirits live. 4 Our epirits drink a fresh supply, And eat the bread so freely given, 272 5th P. M. 4 lines 78. Discerning the Lord's body. JESUS, all-redeeming Lord, 4 All the power of sin remove; 273 0 Strength renewed. GOD, unseen, yet ever near, And thus, inspired with holy fear, C. M. 2 Here may thy faithful people know The blessings of thy love;" The streams that through the desert flow,- 3 We come, obedient to thy word, 4 Thus may we all thy words obey; And go rejoicing on our way, 274 S. M. The supper of the Lamb. THEE, King of saints, we praise For this our living bread; Nourish'd by thy preserving grace, And at thy table fed. 2 Yet still a higher seat We in thy kingdom claim, 3 That glorious, heavenly prize, And, in the palace of the skies, 275 Obeying the command. JESUS, we thus obey S. M. Thy last and kindest word; 2 The way thou hast enjoin'd, The fulness of our God made man, 276 1st P. M. 6 lines 88. The efficacy of the atoning blood. Once offer'd up a spotless Lamb, In thy great temple here below, Thou didst for all mankind atone, And standest now before the throne. 2 Thou standest in the holicst place, 3 We need not now go up to heaven Thou dost e'en now thy banquet crown;To every faithful soul appear, And show thy real presence here. 277 0 A foretaste of glory. WHAT delight is this, S. M. Which now in Christ we know, An earnest of our glorious bliss, 2 When He the table spreads, 3 The Lamb for sinners slain, 4 Let earth and heaven be join'd, And hymn the Saviour of mankind 278 L. M. Rejoicing at the table, with godly sorrow. TO Jesus, our exalted Lord, The Name by heaven and earth adored, Fain would our hearts and voices raise A cheerful song of sacred praise. |