675. 676. 677. Remembering Christ. 1. FATHER, while we break this bread, And Thy Christ remember thus, 2. While to lips with praise that glow, More like Him we here confess. 3. Reconcile us by Thy Son, I. In whose name on Thee we call; Communion. A HOLY air is breathing round, A fragrance from above; Be every soul from sense unbound, Be every spirit love. 2. O God, unite us heart to heart, That we be never drawn apart, And love not Thee nor Thine. 3. But by the Cross of Jesus taught, Remembering Christ. 75. C.M. A. A. Livermore. I. WHEN arise the thoughts of sin; 7s. 6 lines. When the world our hearts would win; When to selfish pleasure given, Droops the love that blooms for heaven,— Lord, we would remember Thee: Thou wilt our Redeemer be. 2. When, with footsteps faint and slow, When, by toils and hardship pressed, Thou our Guide and Strength wilt be. 3. When the way grows dark and drear; We can see no beam of light Struggling through the thickening night,— Thou our Comforter wilt be. W. Gaskell. 678. I. Remember Me. REMEMBER Me," the Saviour said, When from His side the nearest fled, 2. Through all the following ages' track, With love and longing gazes back, 3. But none of us has seen His face, And none can now His looks retrace C.M. 4. O blest are they who have not seen, And yet believe Him still! They know Him, when His praise they mean, And when they do His will. 5. We hear His word along our way; Remember when we strive and pray, 679. I. 680. I. Communion. N. L. Frothingham. C.M. E known to us in breaking bread, BE But do not then depart; Saviour, abide with us, and spread 2. There sup with us in love divine; That living bread, that heavenly wine, The Sacred Vow. J. Montgomery. C.M. 1. BEFORE Thine awful presence, Lord, Thy sinful servants bow; Trembling to speak the solemn word, 2. The sins in hours of weakness wrought, The wanton deed and word and thought, 3. Once more we vow the holy faith 4. Again we gird us to the fight, Again we face the foe, Resolved, beneath Thy banner bright, 5. O Father, pardon all the past; 681. 682. And strengthen us, while life shall last, то Giving as Jesus gave,― For others' wants to care, Not our own lives to save, 2. This is the living bread, Which cometh down from heaven, 3. The hidden manna this, Of Christ-like symmetry. 4. Who seeks this bread shall be Our hungry souls in Thee, The New Commandment. I. BENEATH the shadow of the Cross, As earthly hopes remove, His new commandment Jesus gives, 6s. C.M. 683. 684. 2. O bond of union, strong and deep! Not e'en the lifted Cross can harm, 3. Let but His spirit be our own, Then swift our feet shall move Samuel Longfellow. One Life. 1. PLANTED in Christ, the living vine, Ourselves, in humble faith and joy, 2. Joined in one body may we be ; One be our hearts, one heavenly hope 3. In prayer, in effort, tears, and toils, Taught by one Spirit from above, C.M. Samuel F. Smith. I. The Bread and Water of Life. GOD, unseen, but ever near, And C.M. |