For the Lord's Supper

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This is the day the Lord has made, Rejoice, my friends, to see

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1 This is the day the Lord has made;
Rejoice, my friends, to see
His royal table richly spread
For such vile worms as we.

2 Ye beggars, from your dunghills rise,
Cast off your rags of shame;
Open, ye blind, your long-closed eyes,
And leap for you, ye lame.

3 Come, and with regal robes be clad,
All at the cost of Christ;
Come, every one a king be made,
And everyone a priest.

4 Welcome, poor sinner, welcome here;
Leave all thy cares behind;
Dismiss thy doubt, cast off thy fear,
Give reasonings to the wind.

5 Believe thy God, believe his word,
His Spirit, and his Son;
Only believe thy dying Lord,
And all the work is done.

6 Come, eat his flesh and drink his blood,
Make all his merits thine,
Sure as thy body lives on food,
And feels the strength of wine.

Source: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #819

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Author: J. Hart

Hart, Joseph, was born in London in 1712. His early life is involved in obscurity. His education was fairly good; and from the testimony of his brother-in-law, and successor in the ministry in Jewin Street, the Rev. John Hughes, "his civil calling was" for some time "that of a teacher of the learned languages." His early life, according to his own Experience which he prefaced to his Hymns, was a curious mixture of loose conduct, serious conviction of sin, and endeavours after amendment of life, and not until Whitsuntide, 1757, did he realize a permanent change, which was brought about mainly through his attending divine service at the Moravian Chapel, in Fetter Lane, London, and hearing a sermon on Rev. iii. 10. During the next two years ma… Go to person page >

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First Line:	This is the day the Lord has made, Rejoice, my friends, to see
Title:	For the Lord's Supper
Author:	J. Hart
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain