The Happiness of the Blessed considered as to the Particulars of their State their Recognition of Each Other in that State; and its Difference of Degrees. To which are added, Musings on the Church and her Services. By Richard Mant. Fourth Edition, with Additions |
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LX. THE HUMBLE COMMUNICANT.
“Why at Christ's Table dost thou bend thy knee?Is it before a wheaten God to show
Will-worship rash, profane?”—Ah! deem not so:
For not in form corporeal here is He,
Who sits inthron'd aloft in majesty.
Deem it a sign, with what devotion glow
Our hearts for Him, who feeds us thus below;
How worthy Christ, and how unworthy we!
If there be yet a sign of love more meet
For love divine sent forth our souls to heal,
Such sign, O Lord, be ours! Prepar'd to eat
Thy mystick feast, behold, we meekly kneel:
O grant us, grant us, at thy mercy-seat
The sense, our bodies show, our hearts may feel!
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