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355 | Trinity Hymnal#356 | 357 |
Text: | Not worthy, Lord! to gather up the crumbs |
Author: | Edward H. Bickersteth |
Tune: | COMMUNION |
Composer: | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy |
1 Not worthy, Lord! to gather up the crumbs
With trembling hand that from thy table fall,
A weary, heavy-laden sinner comes
To plead thy promise and obey thy call.
2 I am not worthy to be thought thy child,
Nor sit the last and lowest at thy board;
Too long a wand'rer and too oft beguiled,
I only ask one reconciling word.
3 One word from thee, my Lord, one smile, one look,
And I could face the cold, rough world again;
And with that treasure in my heart could brook
The wrath of devils and the scorn of men.
4 I hear thy voice; thou bidd'st me come and rest;
I come, I kneel, I clasp thy pierced feet;
Thou bidd'st me take my place, a welcome guest
Among thy saints, and of thy banquet eat.
5 My praise can only breathe itself in prayer,
My prayer can only lose itself in thee;
Dwell thou for ever in my heart, and there,
Lord, let me sup with thee; sup thou with me.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Not worthy, Lord! to gather up the crumbs |
Author: | Edward H. Bickersteth (1872) |
Meter: | 10. 10. 10. 10. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1961 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | The Church: The Lord's Supper; Repentance |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | COMMUNION |
Composer: | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1835, arr.) |
Meter: | 10. 10. 10. 10. |
Key: | E♭ Major |