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HYMN XCII.
[Ah, tell us no more]
Ah, tell us no more
The spirit and power
Of Jesus our God
Is not to be found in this life-giving food!
The spirit and power
Of Jesus our God
Is not to be found in this life-giving food!
Did Jesus ordain
His supper in vain,
And furnish a feast
For none but His earliest servants to taste?
His supper in vain,
And furnish a feast
For none but His earliest servants to taste?
Nay, but this is His will,
(We know it and feel,)
That we should partake
The banquet for all He so freely did make.
(We know it and feel,)
That we should partake
The banquet for all He so freely did make.
In rapturous bliss
He bids us do this,
The joy it imparts
Hath witness'd His gracious design in our hearts.
He bids us do this,
The joy it imparts
Hath witness'd His gracious design in our hearts.
'Tis God we believe,
Who cannot deceive,
The witness of God
Is present, and speaks in the mystical blood.
Who cannot deceive,
The witness of God
Is present, and speaks in the mystical blood.
Receiving the bread,
On Jesus we feed:
It doth not appear,
His manner of working; but Jesus is here!
On Jesus we feed:
It doth not appear,
His manner of working; but Jesus is here!
With bread from above,
With comfort and love
Our spirit He fills,
And all His unspeakable goodness reveals.
With comfort and love
Our spirit He fills,
And all His unspeakable goodness reveals.
O that all men would haste
To the spiritual feast,
At Jesus's word
Do this, and be fed with the love of our Lord!
To the spiritual feast,
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Do this, and be fed with the love of our Lord!
True Light of mankind,
Shine into their mind,
And clearly reveal
Thy perfect and good and acceptable will.
Shine into their mind,
And clearly reveal
Thy perfect and good and acceptable will.
Bring near the glad day
When all shall obey
Thy dying request,
And eat of Thy supper, and lean on Thy breast.
When all shall obey
Thy dying request,
And eat of Thy supper, and lean on Thy breast.
To all men impart
One way and one heart,
Thy people be shown
All righteous and spotless and perfect in One.
One way and one heart,
Thy people be shown
All righteous and spotless and perfect in One.
Then, then let us see
Thy glory, and be
Caught up in the air,
This heavenly supper in heaven to share.
Thy glory, and be
Caught up in the air,
This heavenly supper in heaven to share.
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