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Once more, as in that upper room

Thou Who didst love Thine own unto the end,
Thou Whose dear voice to every sorrowing frien
Spoke the great promise through the deepening
Thou bidd'st us, Master of the feast,
To-day remember Thee!

And e'en as in our hands we take,

This broken bread, this precious cup of love,
Thy dying testament, which from above
Thou deignest ever new and fresh to make,
A fount of grace and life to all;

We do remember Thee!

Ours is the bond of love divine,

Which knits us each to all and all to each;

That love whose ever-lengthening cords can read
From the white choir around Thy heavenly shr
To those who come in faith to-day

Here to remember Thee.

Thy banquet over, as we go,

Strong in the strength of this celestial meat,
To tread the path of life with firmer feet.

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Speak but the word: one gra- cious word Can set the sinner free. AMEN.

2 I am not worthy; cold and bare

The lodging of my soul;

How canst Thou deign to enter

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Lord, speak, and make me whole.

3 I am not worthy; yet, my God,
How can I say Thee nay;

Thee, Who didst give Thy flesh and
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My ransom-price to pay?

4 Oh, come! in this sweet morning hour
Feed me with food divine;

And fill with all Thy love and power
This worthless heart of mine.

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2 His body broken in our stead
Is here, in this memorial bread;
And so our feeble love is fed,
Until He come.

3 His fearful drops of agony,
His life-blood shed for us we see:
The wine shall tell the mystery,
Until He come.

4 And thus that dark betrayal night,
With the last Advent we unite----
The shame, the glory, by this rite,
Until He come.

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

6 O blessed hope! with this elate,
Let not our hearts be desolate,
But strong in faith, in patience wait,
Until He come!

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2 The holiest vow that man can make,
The golden thread in life,

The bond that none may dare to break,
That bindeth man and wife;

Which, blest by Thee, whate'er betides,
No evil shall destroy,

Through care-worn days each care divides,
And doubles every joy.

3 On those who at Thine altar kneel,
O Lord, Thy blessing pour,

That each may wake the other's zeal
To love Thee more and more:

Oh, grant them here in peace to live,
In purity and love,

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2 O perfect Life, be Thou their full assurance
Of tender charity and steadfast faith,
Of patient hope, and quiet, brave endurance,
With childlike trust that fears nor pain nor death.
3 Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow;
Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife,
And to life's day the glorious unknown morrow
That dawns upon eternal love and life.

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