VII.

HYMNS SUITABLE FOR SACRAMENTAL

AND OTHER OCCASIONS.

"And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives."

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I.

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 heav'n shall be;
Thy testamental cup I'll 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 my 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,-

Yes! while a pulse, a breath remains,
I will remember Thee.

6 And when these failing lips grow dumb,
And thought and mem'ry flee,

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

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"Come, for all things are ready."

MY God, and is Thy table spread?

And does Thy cup with love o'erflow?

Thither be all Thy children led,

And let them all its sweetness know!

2 Hail, sacred feast, which Jesus makes!
Memorials of His flesh and blood!
Thrice happy he who here partakes
That sacred stream, that heav'nly food!

3 O let Thy table honour'd be,

And furnish'd well with joyful guests; And may each soul salvation see,

That here its sacred pledges tastes!

4 Revive Thy dying churches, Lord, And bid our drooping graces live; And more that energy afford,

A Saviour's blood alone can give!

III.

Cast me not away from Thy presence."

1 FORTH from the dark and stormy sky,
Lord, to Thy cross for shade we fly;
Forth from the world, its hope and fear,
Saviour, we seek our refuge here;
Weary and weak for grace we pray,
Turn not, O Lord, Thy guests away!

2 Long have we roam'd in want and pain,
Long have we sought for rest in vain ;
Wilder'd in doubt, in darkness lost,
Long have our souls been tempest-tost;
Low at Thy feet our sins we lay,
Turn not, O Lord, Thy guests away!

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IV.

"Our cyes wait upon the Lord our God."

H Thou who didst this rite reveal
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Of our blest faith the sign and seal,
Around Thy Table, Lord, we kneel,
Met to remember Thee.

2 Thou faintly lov'd and feebly sought,

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Too oft forsaken, oft forgot,

With contrite shame and sorrowing thought,
Lord, we remember Thee.

Thou in our suff'ring flesh hast dwelt;
Guiltless the load of guilt hast felt;
Shall not our hearts within us melt,

Saviour, rememb'ring Thee?

4 'Twas love, untold, unfathom'd love,

That brought Thee from Thy throne above; And shall not love our bosoms move

While we remember Thee?

5 Through Thee the feeblest shall prevail; Thou canst not leave, Thou wilt not fail; Thy dying words, O Lord, we hail,

And thus remember Thee.

V.

"God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ."

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WHEN I survey the wondrous cross

On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss,

And pour contempt on all my pride.

2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast
Save in the cross of Christ my God!
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.