The Church — Lord's Supper

While in sweet communion feeding

No. 1118
Metre 8s & 7s. D.
Tune ILLINOIS.
Words Edward Denny.
Music Unknown.
Key E-flat major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 3/4
2 stanzas

Words

While in sweet communion feedingOn this earthly bread and wine,Saviour, may we see thee bleedingOn the cross, to make us thine.Though unseen, now be thou near us,With the still small voice of love;Whisper words of peace to cheer us;Every doubt and fear remove,Whisper words of peace to cheer us,Every doubt and fear remove.

Bring before us all the storyOf thy life, and death of woe;And, with hopes of endless glory,Wean our hearts from all below.Draw us nearer and still nearerTo thy pierced and bleeding side,Till our view of self grows clearerIn the light of Him who died.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHURCH—LORD'S SUPPER.»; hymn number «1118» (large), tune name «ILLINOIS. 8s & 7s. D.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is set between the staves: system 1 «1. While in sweet com-mun-ion feed-ing On this earth-ly bread and wine, Sav - iour, may we see thee bleed-ing», system 2 «On the cross, to make us thine. Though un-seen, now be thou near us, With the still small voice of love;»; under each system, in italics and in whole words, the line headed «D. C.—» that is sung to the music up to «Fine.» after the D. C.: «D. C.—Whisper words of peace to cheer us; Every doubt and fear remove, Whisper words of peace to cheer us,» (under system 1) and «Every doubt and fear remove.» (under system 2) — i.e. lines 7–8 of the stanza printed twice, to fill the four lines of music before «Fine.». Stanza 1 is given below with the syllables joined into whole words and its lines in the order sung (1–6 between the staves, then the four italic D. C. lines, punctuation as printed: «us;» the first time, «us,» the second). Stanza 2 is printed as text in the left column under the italic reference line «844, 499, 1063.» (= the same words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 844, 499 or 1063), eight lines, numbered «2» without a period (numbered «2.» here like stanza 1), lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 indented; when sung, its lines 7–8 would likewise be repeated after the D. C. (not printed). «Edward Denny.» in italics at the right after stanza 2. The print sets a thin space before «;» («woe ;», «love ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals («Him who died») are the print's.