Lutheran Book of Worship ‎#217

217. We Place upon Your Table, Lord

1 We place upon your table, Lord,
The food of life, the bread and wine,
As symbols of our daily work,
According to your grand design.

2 Within these simple things there lie
The height and depth of human life:
Our pain and tears, our thoughts and toils,
Our hopes and fears, our joy and strife.

3 Accept them, Lord; they come from you;
We take them humbly from your hand.
These gifts of yours for higher use
We offer up as you command.

Text Information

• First Line: We place upon your table, Lord
• Title: We Place upon Your Table, Lord
• Author: M. F. C. Wilson, 1884-1944 (alt.)
• Meter: L M
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1978
• Topic: Holy Communion; Offertory

Tune Information

• Name: DISTRESS
• Meter: L M
• Key: d minor
• Source: W. Walker, Southern Harmony, 1835; Setting: Contemporary Worship 4: Hymns for Baptism and Holy Communion
• Copyright: Setting © 1972 Lutheran Church in America, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada, and The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod