GRACES BEFORE AND AFTER MEAT.
2 Father, thy love in Christ reveal,
Which spake us justified, And let the gift unspeakable In all our hearts abide: Humbly we trust thy faithful love Thy children to defend,
And hide our life with Christ above, And keep us to the end.
3 Come, Holy Ghost, supply the want
Of all thy saints and me,
In all thy gifts and graces grant Us fellowship with thee:
The pledge, the witness, and the scal,
We look for thee again,
In us eternally to dwell,
Eternally to reign.
( See also Hymns 252, 258, 525.)
1006 The same subject. 8s& 7s.
AY the grace of Christ our Saviour,
With the Holy Spirit's favour, Rest upon us from above! Thus may we abide in union
With each other in the Lord; And possess, in sweet communion, Joys which earth cannot afford.
1007
Es& 7s.
Bid us now depart in peace; Still on heavenly manna feeding, Let our faith and love increase: Fill each breast with consolation; Up to thee our hearts we raise: When we reach yon blissful station, Then we' ll give thee nobler praise! Hallelujah!
1008
87, 87, 47.
1 ORD, dismiss us with thy blessing,
peace:
Let us each, thy love possessing, Triumph in redeeming grace; O refresh us.
Travelling through this wilderness!
2 Thanks we give, and adoration, For thy gospel's joyful sound; May the fruits of thy salvation In our hearts and lives abound; May thy presence With us evermore be found.
& So, whene'er the signal's given
Us from earth to call away. Borne on angels' wings to heaven, Glad the summons to obey,
May we ever
Reign with Christ in endless day.
GRACES BEFORE AND AFTER MEAT.
1009
2-6s& 4-7 s.
THIS HIS day with this day's bread Thy hungry children feed; Fountain of all blessings, grant Now the manna from above; Now supply our bodies' want, Now sustain our souls with love.
1011
FAT
ATHER of earth and heaven, Thy hungry children feed," Thy grace be to our spirits given, That true immortal bread! Grant us and all our race In Jesus Christ to prove The sweetness of thy pardoning grace, The manna of thy love.
1012
S. M.
8-7 s.
1010
Lo
ORD of all, thy creatures see Waiting for their food on thee; That we may with thanks receive, Give, herewith thy blessing give; Fill our mouths with food and praise; Taste we in the gifts the grace, Take it as through Jesus given, Eat on earth the bread of heaven!
10 s& 11 s. 1
1013
FATHER of all, Who fillest with good
food; [ tain. Them ready to perish Thou lov'st to susAnd wilt thou not cherish The children of men?
S. M.
2 On thee we depend Our wants to supply. Whose goodness shall send Us bread from the sky; [ love, On earth thou shalt give us A taste of thy And shortly receive us To banquet above.
1014
L
IFE of the world, come down And stir within our breast, And by thy sacred presence crown The sober Christian feast: Thou Bread of life, and Well, Come at thy creatures' call, And give our inmost souls to feel That thou art all in all!
8s& 6 s.
C. M. C. M.
COM
OME then, our heavenly Adam, come, 1 Thy healing influence give; Hallow our food, reverse our doom, And bid us eat, and live!
1015
Now let us from thyself receive
Our consecrated food,
In nature's acts thy will pursue, And do with faith whate'er we do, To glorify our God.
1016
with blessings fove
[ above.
Father, before we taste These freshest tokens of thy love, We thank thee for the past;
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