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Grateful remembrance.

C. M.

ACCORDING 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:
Thy testamental cup I take,
And thus remember thee.
3 Gethsemane can I 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 mem'ry flee,

When thou shalt in thy kingdom come, Jesus, remember me.

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The opened Fountain.

CALL'D from above, I rise,

And wash away my sin;

The stream to which my spirit flies,
Can make the foulest clean.

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.

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Gratitude and love.

TF human kindness meets return,

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If tender thoughts within us burn
To feel a friend is nigh;-

2 O, shall not warmer accents tell
The gratitude we owe

To Him who died our fears to quell,
And save from endless wo?

C. M.

8 While yet in anguish he survey'd
Those pangs he would not flee,
What love his latest words display'd!-
Meet and remember me.

4 Remember thee! thy death, thy shame,
The griefs which thou didst bear!

O mem'ry, leave no other name

So deeply graven there.

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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 body and thy blood it shows;
The glorious instrument divine,

Thy mercy and thy strength bestows.
8 We see the blood that seals our peace;
Thy pard'ning mercy we receive;
The bread doth visibly express

The strength through which our spirits live.

4 Our epirits drink a fresh supply,

And eat the bread so freely given,
Till, borne on eagles' wings, we fly,
And banquet with our Lord in heaven.

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5th P. M. 4 lines 78.

Discerning the Lord's body.

JESUS, all-redeeming Lord,
Magnify thy dying word;
In thine ordinance appear;
Come, and meet thy foll'wers here.
2 In the rite thou hast enjoin'd,
Let us now our Saviour find;
Drink thy blood for sinners shed,
Taste thee in the broken bread.
3 Thon our faithful hearts prepare;
Thou thy pard'ning grace declare:
Thou that hast for sinners died,
Show thyself the Crucified!

4 All the power of sin remove;
Fill us with thy perfect love;
Stamp us with the stamp divine;
Seal our souls forever thine.

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Strength renewed.

GOD, unseen, yet ever near,
Thy presence may we feel;

And thus, inspired with holy fear,
Before thy table kneel.

C. M.

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,
Renew'd with strength divine.

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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,
Who here begin by faith to eat
The supper of the Lamb.

3 That glorious, heavenly prize,
We surely shall attain,

And, in the palace of the skies,
With thee forever reign.

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Obeying the command.

JESUS, we thus obey

S. M.

Thy last and kindest word;
Here, in thine own appointed way,
We come to meet our Lord.

2 The way thou hast enjoin'd,
Thou wilt therein appear;
We come with confidence to find
Thy special presence here.
3 Whate'er the' Almighty can
To pardon'd sinners give,

The fulness of our God made man,
We here with Christ receive.

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1st P. M. 6 lines 88.

The efficacy of the atoning blood.
VICTIM divine! thy grace we claim
While thus thy precious death we show;

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,
As now for guilty sinners slain;
The blood of sprinkling speaks, and prays,
All-prevalent for helpless man;
Thy blood is still our ransom found,
And speaks salvation all around.

3 We need not now go up to heaven
To bring the long-sought Saviour down;
Thou art to all already given,

Thou dost e'en now thy banquet crown;To every faithful soul appear,

And show thy real presence here.

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A foretaste of glory.

WHAT delight is this,

S. M.

Which now in Christ we know,

An earnest of our glorious bliss,
Our heaven begun below!

2 When He the table spreads,
How royal is the cheer;
With rapture we lift up our heads,
And own that God is here.

3 The Lamb for sinners slain,
Who died to die no more,
Let all the ransom'd sons of men,
With all his hosts, adore.

4 Let earth and heaven be join'd,
His glories to display,

And hymn the Saviour of mankind
In one eternal day.

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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.

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