The Church — Lord's Supper

Jesus invites his saints

No. 1110
Metre S. M.
Tune SCHUMANN.
Words Isaac Watts.
Music Robert Schumann.
Key A-flat major
Singing key A♭ major
Time 4/4
4 stanzas

Words

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Jesus invites his saintsTo meet around his board,And sup in memory of the deathAnd sufferings of their Lord.

We take the bread and wineAs emblems of thy death;Lord, raise our souls above the sign,To feast on thee by faith.

Faith eats the bread of life,And drinks the living wine;It looks beyond this scene of strife,—Unites us to the Vine.

Soon shall the night be gone,Our Lord will come again;The marriage supper of the LambWill usher in his reign.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHURCH—LORD'S SUPPER.»; hymn number «1110» (large, left), tune name «SCHUMANN. S. M.» centred over the music, «ROBERT SCHUMANN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is set between the staves of the single system, in one text line, with «1.» before «Je - sus» (printed in syllables, joined here); «invites», «around», «memory» and «sufferings» are printed whole under two notes each. Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the italic reference line «403, 236, 732.» (= the words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 403, 236 or 732, all S. M.); «Isaac Watts.» in italics after stanza 4. The stanza numbers of the text stanzas are printed without a full stop («2 We»); they are numbered «2.» here like stanza 1. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. The printer's thin space before «;» («death ;», «wine ;», «again ;») is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.