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[Come and sit down to the feast]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. E. Hall Incipit: 12312 31576 52171 Used With Text: Come, his table is spread

Author: E. R. Latta Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Come and sit down to the feast Refrain First Line: Come, come hear his sweet voice Lyrics: 1 Come, and sit down to the feast, Take of the life-giving bread. Why will ye famishing stand? Come, for his table is spread. Refrain: Come, come, hear his sweet voice, Come, come, make him your choice. Take of the life-giving bread, Come, for his table is spread. 2 Come from the alleys and streets, Come, wheresoever ye tread. Hark to the welcoming call, Come, for his table is spread. [Refrain] 3 Come, all ye needy and faint, Come to the Lord and be fed. There is enough and to spare, Come, for his table is spread. [Refrain] 4 Come, in the morning of life, Come, tho’ its pleasures be sped. Share in the gift of his grace, Come, for his table is spread. [Refrain] Topics: Invitation Used With Tune: [Come and sit down to the feast]

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Come, his table is spread

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Triumphant Songs No.3 #23 (1892) First Line: Come and sit down to the feast Refrain First Line: Come, come hear his sweet voice Lyrics: 1 Come, and sit down to the feast, Take of the life-giving bread. Why will ye famishing stand? Come, for his table is spread. Refrain: Come, come, hear his sweet voice, Come, come, make him your choice. Take of the life-giving bread, Come, for his table is spread. 2 Come from the alleys and streets, Come, wheresoever ye tread. Hark to the welcoming call, Come, for his table is spread. [Refrain] 3 Come, all ye needy and faint, Come to the Lord and be fed. There is enough and to spare, Come, for his table is spread. [Refrain] 4 Come, in the morning of life, Come, tho’ its pleasures be sped. Share in the gift of his grace, Come, for his table is spread. [Refrain] Topics: Invitation Tune Title: [Come and sit down to the feast]

Come, his Table is Spread

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Triumphant Songs Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #23 (1894) First Line: Come and sit down to the feast Refrain First Line: Come, come hear his sweet voice Languages: English Tune Title: [Come and sit down to the feast]

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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Author of "Come, his table is spread" in Triumphant Songs No.3 Rv Eden Reeder Latta USA 1839-1915. Born at Haw Patch, IN, the son of a Methodist minister, (also a boyhood friend of hymn writer Willam A Ogden) he became a school teacher. During the American Civil War he preached for the Manchester Methodist Church and other congregations (possibly as a circuit rider filling empty pulpits). In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Wright, and they had five children: Arthur, Robert, Jennie, two others. He taught for the public schools of Manchester, and later Colesburg, IA. He moved to Guttenberg, IA, in the 1890s, and continued writing song lyrics for several major gospel composers, including William Ogden, James McGranahan, James Fillmore, and Edmund Lorenz. He wrote 1600+ songs and hymns, many being widely popular in his day. His older brother, William, composed hymn tunes. He died at Guttenbert, IA. John Perry

J. E. Hall

Composer of "[Come and sit down to the feast]" in Triumphant Songs No.3 Hall, Jane E., of Battleborough, Vermont, has in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 18S1, under the initials "J. E. H.," (1) "The love that Jesus had for me" (Love of Jesus); (2) "We shall have a new name in that land" (The New Name). The music in Sankey to these hymns is also by the same person. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)