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HYMN CIII.

[Take, and eat, the Saviour saith]

Take, and eat, the Saviour saith,
This My sacred body is!
Him we take and eat by faith,
Feed upon that flesh of His,

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All the benefits receive
Which His passion did procure;
Pardon'd by His grace we live,
Grace which makes salvation sure.
Title to eternal bliss
Here His precious death we find,
This the pledge, the earnest this,
Of the purchased joys behind:
Here He gives our souls a taste,
Heaven into our heart He pours:
Still believe, and hold Him fast;
God and Christ and all is ours!