The Church — Lord's Supper

Behold the Lord of earth and sky

No. 1109
Words Anon.
Singing key A♭ major
4 stanzas

Sung to ORTONVILLE (hymn 179)

Words

Behold the Lord of earth and skyWith his poor followers meet!He girds himself as they wait by,To humbly wash their feet!

Didst thou, dear Lord, perform this taskFor men so low as we?While we obey, by faith we askTo have a part with thee.

Why should we blush thy will to do?Or shrink from following thee?We would the sacred scene renewOf thy humility.

Thy blessed promise we would claim,As now we humbly askThat thy sweet grace may in us frameTrue meekness for our task.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «1109» (large) in the right column of p. 377, below stanza 5 of hymn 1108 and «R. F. Cottrell.», with the reference line «179, 201. 354,» in italic figures beside it — a period after «201» and a comma at the end, printer's slips for «179, 201, 354.» (sing to the tunes of hymns 179 ORTONVILLE, 201 LITCHFIELD or 354 WOODLAND, all C. M.; no meter is printed — the lines 8.6.8.6 are C. M.). The first word «BEHOLD» is set in capitals and small capitals (written «Behold» here). Stanzas numbered «1»–«4» without periods (written «1.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 indented; «Anon.» in italics, right-aligned after stanza 4. The printer's thin space before «!» and «?» («meet !», «feet !», «we ?», «do ?», «thee ?») is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.