1 Jesus, to Thy table led,
Now let every heart be fed
With the true and living Bread.
2 While in penitence we kneel,
Thy sweet presence let us feel,
All Thy wondrous love reveal.
3 While on Thy dear cross we gaze,
Mourning o'er our sinful ways,
Turn our sadness into praise.
4 When we taste the mystic wine,
Of Thine out-poured blood the sign,
Fill our hearts with love Divine.
5 From the bonds of sin release,
Cold and wavering faith increase;
Lamb of God, grant us thy peace.
Amen.
Source: The Hymnal #361
First Line: | Jesus, to Thy table led |
Title: | Jesus, to Thy Table Led |
Author: | Robert Hall Baynes (1864) |
Meter: | 7.7.7 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Jesu, to Thy table led. R. H. Baynes. [Holy Communion.] Published in his Canterbury Hymnal, 1864, No. 227, in 7 stanzas of 3 lines, and headed with the text, "To know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge." It has passed into numerous hymnals, both in Great Britain and America. It is the most widely used of Canon Baynes's hymns.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)