Chalice #518 vv. 4 & 5

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I don't have my copy at hand, but I find it nearly inconceivable that the fourth and fifth stanzas of this hymn are actually printed in the Chalice Hymnal in the form given in the database. These stanzas are nearly identical, and it looks likely that one is simply a revision of the other.

4 In faith we gather round the table
to taste and share what love can do.
This is a day of new beginnings;
our God is making all things new.

5 In faith we'll gather round the table
to show and share what love can do.
This is a day of new beginnings;
our God is making all things new.

I stumbled upon this in connection with the much more complicated relationship between This is a day of new beginnings and Is this a day of new beginnings?, which should probably be merged but not until more is known of their relationship (in terms both of content and of copyright).