We welcome thee with one accord,

And trust the Saviour does the same.
2 Those joys which earth cannot afford,
We'll seek in fellowship to prove,
Joined in one spirit to our Lord,
Together bound by mutual love.

3 And while we pass this vale of tears,
We'll make our joys and sorrows known;
We'll share each other's hopes and fears,
And count a brother's care our own.

4 Once more our welcome we repeat;
Receive assurance of our love :

O, may we all together meet

Around the throne of God above!

622.

C. M.

Christian Fellowship.

S. F. SMITH.

1 PLANTED in Christ, the living Vine,
This day, with one accord,
Ourselves, with humble faith and joy,
We yield to thee, O Lord.

2 Joined in one body may we be ;
One inward life partake;

One be our heart; one heavenly hope
In every bosom wake.

3 In prayer, in effort, tears, and toils,
One wisdom be our guide;

Taught by one Spirit from above,
In thee may we abide.

4 Around this feeble, trusting band
Thy sheltering pinions spread,

Nor let the storms of trial beat
Too fiercely on our head.

5 Then, when, among the saints in light,
Our joyful spirits shine,

Shall anthems of immortal praise,

623.

O Lamb of God, be thine.

S. M.

Christian Fellowship.

1 BLEST be the tie that binds-
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.

2 Before our Father's throne

FAWCETT.

We pour our ardent prayers;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,
Our comforts and our cares.

3 We share our mutual woes,
Our mutual burdens bear;
And often for each other flows

The sympathizing tear.

4 When we asunder part,

It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again.

5 This glorious hope revives

Our courage by the way;
While each in expectation lives,
And longs to see the day.

6 From sorrow, toil, and pain,
And sin, we shall be free,

And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.

624.

THE LORD'S SUPPER.

C. M.

Remembering Christ.

1 IF human kindness meets return,
And owns the grateful tie;
If tender thoughts within us burn
To feel a friend is nigh ;-

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

B. W. NOEL.

To Him who died our fears to quell,
And save from sin and woe.

3 While yet his anguished soul surveyed
Those pangs he would not flee,

What love his latest words displayed! —
"Meet and remember me."

4 Remember thee! thy death, thy shame,
The griefs which thou didst bear!
O memory, leave no other name
But his recorded there!

625.

C. M.

Coming to the Table of the Lord.

1 LET vain pursuits and vain desires
Be banished from the heart,

ANONYMOUS.

The Saviour's love fill every breast,
And light and life impart.

2 He knew how frail our nature is,
Our souls how apt to stray;
How much we need his gracious help
To keep us in the way!

3 These faithful pledges of his love.
His mercy did ordain,

To bring refreshment to our souls,
And faith and hope sustain.

4 Since such his condescending grace,
Let us, with hearts sincere,
Obedient to his holy will,

His table now draw near.

5 And while we join to celebrate
The sufferings of our Lord

May we receive new grace and power,
T'obey his holy word.

626.

C. M.

MONTGOMERY.

"This do in Remembrance of me."

1 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.

A Communion Hymn.

1 O, FOR a prophet's fire,
O, for an angel's tongue,

To speak the mighty love of Him
Who on the cross was hung!

2 In vain our hearts attempt,

In language meet, to tell

FURNESS.

How through a thousand sorrows burned
That flame unquenchable.

3 Yet would we praise that love,
Beyond expression dear :

Come, gather round this table, then,
And celebrate it here.

4 These symbols of his death,

O, with what power they speak!
Prophetic lips and angels' lyres,
Compared with these, are weak.

5 And shall they plead in vain
With our forgetful souls?

Forbid it, God, while through our veins
The vital current rolls.

628.

C. M.

For Communicants.

BIRMINGHAM COLL.

1 YE followers of the Prince of Peace,
Who round his table draw,
Remember what his spirit was,
What his peculiar law.

2 The love which all his bosom filled
Did all his actions guide;
Inspired by love, he lived and taught;
Inspired by love, he died.

3 Let each the sacred law fulfil;
Like his be every mind;