Songs Old and New ... Collected Edition [by Elizabeth Charles] |
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AROUND A TABLE, NOT A TOMB. |
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AROUND A TABLE, NOT A TOMB.
Around a Table, not a Tomb,
He willed our gathering-place to be;
When, going to prepare our home,
Our Saviour said, “Remember Me.”
He willed our gathering-place to be;
When, going to prepare our home,
Our Saviour said, “Remember Me.”
We kneel around no sculptured stone,
Marking the place where Jesus lay;—
Empty the tomb, the angels gone,
The stone for ever rolled away.
Marking the place where Jesus lay;—
Empty the tomb, the angels gone,
The stone for ever rolled away.
Nay! sculptured stones are for the dead!
Thy three dark days of death are o'er;
Thou art the Life, our living Head,
Our living Light for evermore!
Thy three dark days of death are o'er;
Thou art the Life, our living Head,
Our living Light for evermore!
Of no fond relics, sadly dear,
Oh, Master! are Thine own possest;
The crown of thorns, the cross, the spear,
The purple robe, the seamless vest.
Oh, Master! are Thine own possest;
The crown of thorns, the cross, the spear,
The purple robe, the seamless vest.
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Nay! relics are for those who mourn
The memory of an absent friend;
Not absent Thou, nor we forlorn!—
“With you each day until the end!”
The memory of an absent friend;
Not absent Thou, nor we forlorn!—
“With you each day until the end!”
Thus round Thy Table, not Thy Tomb,
We keep Thy sacred Feast with Thee;
Until within the Father's Home
Our endless gathering-place shall be.
We keep Thy sacred Feast with Thee;
Until within the Father's Home
Our endless gathering-place shall be.
October 1862.
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