While in sweet communion feeding

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While in sweet communion feeding

Author: Sir Edward Denny
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1. While in sweet communion feeding
On this earthly bread and wine,
Savior, may we see Thee bleeding
On the cross, to make us Thine,
On the cross, to make us Thine.

2. Tho' unseen, now be Thou near us;
With the still small voice of love,
Whisp'ring words of peace to cheer us,
Ev'ry doubt and fear remove,
Ev'ry doubt and fear remove.

3. Bring before us all the story
Of Thy life and death of woe;
And, with hopes of endless glory,
Wean our hearts from all below,
Wean our hearts from all below.

Source: The New Christian Hymnal #163

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Author: Sir Edward Denny

Denny, Sir Edward, Bart . Sir Edward Denny, son of Sir E. Denny, 4th baronet, of Tralee Castle, County of Kerry, was born 2 Oct., 1796, and succeeded his father in August, 1831. He is a member of the Plymouth Brethren, and has contributed largely to their hymnody. His first publication, in which many of his hymns appeared, was A Selection of Hymns, Lond. Central Tract Depot, 1839. This was followed by Hymns & Poems , Lond., 1848 (third ed., 1870). He has also published several prose works. Many of his hymns are popular, and are in extensive use as:—" A pilgrim through this lonely world"; "Bride of the Lamb, rejoice, rejoice"; “Bright with all His crowns of glory"; “Light of the lonely pilgrim's heart”; "Sweet feast of love d… Go to person page >

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First Line:	While in sweet communion feeding
Author:	Sir Edward Denny
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Notes

While in sweet communion feeding. Sir E. Denny. [Holy Communion.] First published in his Selection of Hymns, 1839, No. 292, in 2 stanzas of 8 lines. It was repeated in his Hymns and Poems, 1848, and 1870, and has also passed into several collections in Great Britain and America, including Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872; Hatfield's Church Hymn Book, N. Y., 1872, and others.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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