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

1 Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest;
no, let us be your guests and with you dine;
at your own table now be manifest
in your own sacrament of bread and wine.

2 We meet as in the upper room they met;
now at the table, blessing, yet you stand:
'This is my body': this you give us yet;
faith still receives the cup as from your 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 your saints on earth and saints at rest.

4 One with each other, Lord, and one in you,
who are one Saviour and one living head;
open our eyes to see with vision true;
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 (alt.)
Meter: 10 10.10 10
Language: English
Publication Date: 1999
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Communion of Saints; Maundy Thursday; Saints Days and Holy Days: Apostles (2 more...)
Copyright: Words from "Enlarged Songs of Praise" 1931 by permission of Oxford University Press
Notes: May be sung to SURSUM CORDA 87
Tune Information
Name: SONG 24
Composer: Orlando Gibbons, 1583-1625
Meter: 10 10.10 10
Key: G Major
Source: Arranged from melody and bass (phrases 1, 2, 5 and 6) of Gibbons



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