2 0, shall not warmer accents tell
The gratitude we owe

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!

C. M.

Coming to the Lord's Supper.

1 LET vain pursuits and vain desires
Be banished from the heart,
The Saviour's love fill every breast,
And light and life impart.

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ANONYMOUS.

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,

is table now draw near.

5 And while we join to celebrate
The sufferings of our Lord,
May we perceive new grace and power
Tobey his holy word.

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
How through a thousand sorrows burned
That flame unquenchable.

3 Yet would we praise that love
Beyond expression dear:
Come, gather round his 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.

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647. S. M.

ENGLISH BAPTIST COLL.

Obeying Christ.

HERE, Saviour, we would come,
In thine appointed way;
Obedient to thy high commands,
Our solemn vows we pay.

2 O, bless this sacred rite,

To bring us near to thee;
And may we find that as our day
Our strength shall also be.

648.

C. M.

The Table of the Lord.

1 Now I approach thy table, Lord,
With reverent joy and love;
I call to mind my Saviour's word,
And will obedient prove,

GREENWOOD.

2 O, shall I not remember one,
Who bled and died for me?
Nor think on all that he has done,
To make me pure and free.

3 Yea, I'll remember him and strive
To love him more and more;
So that I may with Jesus live,
When this short life is o'er.

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WATTS.

649. S. M.
·Grateful Remembrance of Christ.

1 JESUS, the Friend of man,
Invites us to his board;
The welcome summons we obey,
And own our gracious Lord.

2 Here we show forth his love,

Which spake in every breath,
Prompted each action of his life,
And triumphed in his death.
3 Here let our powers unite

His honored name to raise;
Let grateful joy fill every mind,
And every voice be praise.

4 One faith, one hope, one Lord,
One God alone we know;
Brethren we are; let
every heart
With kind affection glow.

5 Warmed with our Master's love,
And thy unmeasured grace,
Lord! let our thankful hearts expand,
And all mankind embrace.

Communion Hymn.

1 NOT with terror do we meet
At the board by Jesus spread;
Not in mystery drink and eat

Of the Saviour's wine and bread.

2 'Tis his memory we record,
"Tis his virtues we proclaim;
Grateful to our honored Lord,

Here we bless his sacred name.

3 See him, on the dreadful day Of his mortal agony, Break the bread, and hear him say, "Eat of this, and think of me!" 4 See him standing on the brink

Of the tomb, and hark, he cries, "Take the cup, and as ye drink,

O, remember him who dies!"

5 Yes, we will remember thee,

Friend and Saviour; and thy feast
Of all services shall be
Holiest and welcomest.

7s. M.

A Communion Hymn.

1 Ar thy table, Lord of life,

May our souls find peace and rest;
On the Saviour may we lean,
Safe repose upon his breast.

651.

ANONYMOUS.

2 He invites us to this feast;

He hath said, "Remember me;
May we come with trustful hearts,
Hearts devoted, Lord, to thee.

3 May thy grace our souls awake—
Make them glow with holy love;-
While we take the bread and cup,
Set our hearts on things above.