2 p Long have we roamed in want and pain; Long have we sought Thy rest in vain ; Wildered in doubt, in darkness lost, Long have our souls been tempest-tost: dim Low at Thy feet our sins we lay; cres p Turn not, O Lord, Thy guests away! Amen. Bishop Heber (1783-1826). 508 He appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat. 1 mf JESU, to Thy table led, Now let every heart be fed With the true and living Bread. 2 p While in penitence we kneel, cres Thy blest Presence let us feel; mf All Thy wondrous love reveal. 3 Р While on Thy dear Cross we gaze, Mourning o'er our sinful ways, cres Turn our sadness into praise. 4 mf When we taste the mystic wine, Of Thy Blood the outpoured sign, Fill our hearts with love divine. 5 Р Draw us to Thy wounded Side, 6 m Lead us by Thy pierced Hand, Amen. 78. R. H. Baynes. 509 In Whom ye also are builded together for 8.6.8.6.8.8. 1 mf LORD, when before Thy throne we meet, Thy goodness to adore, dim From heaven, the eternal mercy-seat, On us Thy blessing pour; cres And make our inmost souls to be An habitation meet for Thee. 2 mf The Body for our ransom given, The Blood in mercy shed! dim cres With this immortal food from heaven, mf And as we at Thine altar kneel, The contrite soul's repentant sigh, cres And let our adoration rise As fragrant incense to the skies. Amen. T. G. Nicholas. 510 My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink 1 mf O GOD, unseen yet ever near, dim And, thus inspired with holy fear, Before Thine altar kneel. P 2 mf Here may Thy faithful people know The blessings of Thy love, C.M. The streams that through the desert flow, 3 mf We come, obedient to Thy word, Our meat, the Body of the Lord, 4 m Thus may we all Thy words obey, cres And go rejoicing on our way, f Renewed with strength divine. 5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Let praise on earth be given By man, and by the angel-host, For evermore in heaven. 511 Amen. E. Osler (1798–1863). 1 my Or that glorious Body broken, f Christ, our Saviour and our King. 2 mf Of a pure and spotless virgin Born for us, on earth below, He, as Man with man conversing, Dwelt, the seed of truth to sow : dim Till He closed, in solemn order, Wondrously His life of woe. 3 mf On the night of that Last Supper, Then as Food, to His apostles Gives Himself with His Own Hand. 8.7. 4 my By His word, the Word Incarnate 5 This great Sacrament ordained 6 To the Everlasting Father, And the Son, Who One in Three, 512 Amen. Thomas Aquinas (1227-1274); tr. E. Caswall and others. Jesus said unto them, I am the Bread of Life. John vi. 35. 10s. 1 mƒ THEE we adore, O unseen Saviour, Thee, Who in Thy Feast dost deign with us to be ; dim Both flesh and spirit at Thy Presence fail, eres Yet here Thy Presence we devoutly hail. 2 mƒ O blest Memorial of our dying Lord, Who living Bread to men doth here afford ! cres O may our souls for ever feed on Thee, And Thou, O Christ! for ever precious be. 3 4 p Fountain of goodness! Jesu, Lord and God, pp Cleanse us, unclean, with Thy most cleansing Blood; cres Increase our faith and love, that we may know mf The hope and peace which from Thy Presence flow. O Christ! Whom now beneath a veil we see, Amen. Thomas Aquinas (1227-1274); tr. Bishop J. R. Woodford. 1 mf ALMIGHTY Father! Heaven and earth |