"My Father giveth you the true Bread from Heaven.”— St. John vi. 32.

1 DREAD of heaven! on Thee we feed,

Ever let 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.
Jesu, may we ever be

Rooted, grafted, built on Thee!

Amen.

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"I am the Bread of Life."-St. John vi. 35.

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READ of the world, in mercy broken,
Wine of the soul, in mercy shed,
By Whom the words of life were spoken,
And in Whose death our sins are dead;

2 Look on the hearts by sorrow broken, Look on the tears by sinners shed,

And be Thy feast to us the token

That by Thy grace our souls are fed. Amen.

Bishop Reginald Heber.

"As often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup ye do shew the Lord's death till He come."-1 Cor. xi. 26.

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BY Christ redeemed, in Christ restored,

We keep the memory adored,
And show the death of our dear Lord
Until He come.

2 His Body slain upon the tree,
His Life-blood, shed for us, we see;
Thus faith shall read the mystery
Until He come.

3 And thus His dark betrayal night
With His last Advent we unite
By one bright chain of loving rite,
Until He come :-

4 Until the trump of God be heard,
Until the ancient graves be stirred,
And with the great commanding word,
The Lord shall come.

5 Oh, blessed hope! With this elate
Let not our hearts be desolate,

But, strong in faith and patience, wait
Until He come.

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Amen.

George Rawson.

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"My Presence shall go with thee."-Ex. xxxiii. 14.

COME, O Jesu, to Thy table,

Come, for else we are not able
True refreshment to receive;
But if Thou vouchsafe to feed us,
To this feast of blessing lead us,
There to taste Thee and believe.

2 In the Bread which here is broken,
In the Wine, no empty token
Of an absent Lord we see.

Flesh and Blood indeed are given,
When by faith, O Bread of Heaven,
Not by sense, we feed on Thee.

3 Sweet it is, O Christ, to meet Thee,
In Thy Sacrament to greet Thee,
Thee, our God, as Host and Friend.
By Thy presence here prepare us
For the day when Thou shalt bear
To the feast that knows no end.

Amen.

"O taste and see that the Lord is good."-Ps. xxxiv. 8.

DRAW nigh and take the Body of the Lord,

And drink the holy Blood for you outpoured. 2 Saved by that Body and that holy Blood, With souls refreshed we render thanks to God. 3 Salvation's Giver, Christ, the Only Son, By His dear Cross and Blood the victory won. 4 Offered was He for greatest and for least, Himself the Victim and Himself the Priest.

5 Victims were offered by the law of old, Which in a type this heavenly mystery told.

6 He, Ransomer from death, and Light from shade, Now gives His holy grace His saints to aid.

7 Approach ye then with faithful hearts sincere, And taste the pledges of salvation here.

8 He, that His saints in this world rules and shields, To all believers life eternal yields;

9 With heavenly Bread makes them that hunger whole, Gives living waters to the thirsting soul.

10 O First and Last, to whom all creatures bow, Our God and Saviour, Thou art with us now.

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"If any man eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever."

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St. John vi. 51.

ESU, ever present with Thy Church below, In the day of gladness, in the night of woe, From Thy holy altar life divine bestow.

2 Here we kneel before Thee, pleading face to face; Here with awe adore Thee, thirsting for Thy grace; That our hearts, O Saviour, may Thyself embrace. 3 We are frail and sinful, and no love can claim;

But withhold not from us, by Thy sacred Name, Light to keep our footsteps from the paths of shame;

4 Strength to fight the battle with the powers of death; Trust to hold us steadfast in Thy holy Faith; Comfort to sustain us to our latest breath. :

5 Jesu, ever present with Thy Church below, Hear us in our weakness, hear us in our woe: Faint our souls and hungry; Bread of Life bestow!

Amen. George Hunt Smyttan.

"To know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge."—

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Eph. iii. 19.

[ESU, to Thy table led,

JESU

Now let every heart be fed
With the true and living Bread.

2 While in penitence we kneel,
Thy true Presence let us feel,
All Thy wondrous Love reveal.
3 While on Thy dear Cross we gaze,
Mourning o'er our sinful ways,
Turn our sadness into praise.

4 When we taste the mystic wine,
Of Thine outpoured Blood the sign,
Fill our hearts with love divine.
5 Draw us to Thy wounded Side,
Whence there flowed the healing tide ;
There our sins and sorrows hide.
6 From the bonds of sin release;
Cold and wavering faith increase ;
Lamb of God, grant us Thy peace.
7 Lead us by Thy pierced Hand
Till around Thy throne we stand
In the bright and better land.

Amen.

Robert Hall Baynes.

"Come, for all things are now ready."-St. Luke xiv. 17.

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Thy table spread,

1 MY God, and is T Cuts with love o'erflow?

Thither be all Thy children led,

And let them all Thy sweetness know.