CPWI Hymnal ‎#578

578. Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest

1 Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest;
nay, let us be thy guests; the feast is thine;
thyself at thine own board make manifest,
in thine own sacrament of bread and wine.

2 We meet as in that upper room they met;
thou at the table, blessing, yet dost stand:
'This is my body': so thou givest yet;
faith still receives the cup as from thy hand.

3 One body we, one body who partake,
one church united in communion blessed;
one name we bear, one bread of life we break,
with all thy saints on earth and saints at rest.

4 One with each other, Lord, for one in thee,
who art one Saviour and one living Head;
then open thou our eyes, that we may see;
be known to us in breaking of the bread.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest
• Author: George Wallace Briggs, 1875-1959
• Meter: 10.10.10.10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Scripture:
  Luke 24:28-31
• Topic: Sacraments and Other Occasions: Holy Communion
• Source: Enlarged Songs of Praise

Tune Information

• Name: ELLERS
• Composer: Edward John Hopkins, 1818-1901
• Harmonizer: Arthur Seymour Sullivan, 1842-1900
• Meter: 10.10.10.10
• Key: G Major