The Church — Lord's Supper

Saviour of our ruined race

No. 1116
Words Thomas Hastings.
Singing key B♭ major
3 stanzas

Sung to PILOT ME (hymn 769)

Words

Saviour of our ruined race,Fountain of redeeming grace,Let us now thy fullness seeWhile we here converse with thee;Hearken to our ardent prayer,Let us all thy blessings share.

While we thus with glad accordMeet around thy table, Lord,Bid us feast with joy divineOn the appointed bread and wine;Emblems may they truly proveOf our Saviour's bleeding love.

Weak, unworthy, sinful, vile,Yet we seek the heavenly smile;Thou canst all our sins forgive,Thou canst bid us look and live.Lord, we wonder and adore!O, for grace to love thee more!

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «1116» (large) at the top of the right column of p. 379, under the music of hymn 1114, with the reference line «769, 956,» in bold italic figures beside it (sing to the tunes of hymns 769 PILOT ME or 956 GETHSEMANE, both 7s. 6l.; no meter is printed — the lines 7.7.7.7.7.7 are 7s. 6l.); the line ends with a comma, not a period. The first word «SAVIOUR» is set in capitals and small capitals (no comma after it). Stanzas numbered «1»–«3» without periods (written «1.»–«3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); all six lines of each stanza stand at the same margin. «fullness» (stanza 1, line 3) is printed with a worn «e» that looks like a «c». The printer's thin space before «; !» («thee ;», «wine ;», «smile ;», «adore !», «more !») is closed up here; the apostrophe is written straight. «Thomas Hastings.» in italics at the right after stanza 3. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.