Poems (Kimball)/Hymn for the Holy Communion
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HYMN FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION.
AT this Thy banquet, Lord of all,
May less than angel dare to sup?
The crumbs that from Thy Table fall
Unworthy we to gather up.
May less than angel dare to sup?
The crumbs that from Thy Table fall
Unworthy we to gather up.
Yet, oh, too poor to turn away,
Too glad to own Thy gracious claim,
We stay because Thou bid'st us stay
Despite our garb of want and shame!
Too glad to own Thy gracious claim,
We stay because Thou bid'st us stay
Despite our garb of want and shame!
Before Thine Altar kneeling low
We bare our sinful hands to Thine;
O Holy Lord, Thy pity show
And cleanse us with Thy touch Divine.
We bare our sinful hands to Thine;
O Holy Lord, Thy pity show
And cleanse us with Thy touch Divine.
Fill Thou these empty palms with food,
The Bread Thou givest from above;
This cup with Thy most precious Blood,
The wine of Thy atoning love.
The Bread Thou givest from above;
This cup with Thy most precious Blood,
The wine of Thy atoning love.
The hunger and the thirst we plead
No meaner feast could satisfy;
O Saviour, in our utter need
Thou, Thou must feed us or we die.
No meaner feast could satisfy;
O Saviour, in our utter need
Thou, Thou must feed us or we die.