Some Communion Hymns.

1.

GOD, unseen yet ever near,

Thy presence may we feel; And, thus inspired with holy fear, Before Thine Altar kneel.

Here may Thy faithful people know

The blessings of Thy love,

The streams that through the desert flow,
The manna from above.

We come, obedient to Thy Word,
To feast on heavenly Food;
Our meat the Boly of the Lord,

Our drink His precious Blood.

Thus may we all Thy Word obey,
For we, O God, are Thine;

And go rejoicing on our way,

Renewed with strength Divine. Amen

2.

I

AM not worthy, Holy Lord,

That Thou should'st come to me:

Speak but the Word; one gracious Word

Can set the sinner free.

I am not worthy; cold and bare

The lodging of my soul;

How canst Thou deign to enter there?

Lord speak and make me whole.

1 am not worthy; yet, my God,

How can I say Thee nay?

Thee, who didst give Thy Flesh and Blood
My ransom-price to pay.

O come! in this sweet morning hour
Feed me with Food Divine;

And fill with all Thy love and power

This worthless heart of mine. Amen.

After the Consecration and during the Communion of Priest and People.

"The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the Communion of the Blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the Communion of the Body of Christ?"

3.

NOW, my tongue, the mystery telling

Of the glorious Body sing,

And the Blood, all price excelling,
Which the Gentiles' Lord and King,
In a Virgin's womb once dwelling,
Shed for this world's ransoming.
Given for us, and condescending
To be born for us below,

He, with men in converse blending,
Dwelt the seed of truth to sow,
Till He closed with wondrous ending
His most patient life of woe.

That last night, at supper lying,
'Mid the Twelve, His chosen band,

Jesus with the law complying,

Keeps the feast its rites demand;
Then, more precious Food supplying,
Gives Himself with His own Hand.

PART IL

Therefore we, before Him bending,
This Great Sacrament revere;
Types and shadows have their ending,
For the newer rite is here;

Faith, our outward sense befriending,
Makes our inward vision clear.

Glory let us give, and blessing
To the Father and the Son,

Honour, might, and praise addressing,

While eternal ages run;

Ever, too, His love confessing,

Who from Both with Both is One. Amen

"As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me."

THE Heavenly Word proceeding forth
Yet leaving not the Father's side,
Accomplishing His work on earth

Had reached at length life's eventide.

By false disciple to be given

To foemen for His life athirst,
Himself, the very bread of Heaven,
He gave to His disciples first.

He gave Himself in either kind,

His precious Flesh, His precious Blood:

In love's own fulness thus designed

Of the whole man to be the Food.

By Birth their Fellow-man was He;
Their Meat, when sitting at the Board;
He died, their Ransomer to be;

He ever reigns, their great Reward.

PART II.

O Saving Victim, opening wide

The gate of Heaven to man below,
Our foes press on from every side,
Thine aid supply, Thy strength bestow.
All praise and thanks to Thee ascend
For evermore, Blest One in Three:

O grant us life that shall not end

In our true native land with Thee. Amen.

"Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God."

5.

PART I.

GREAT and glorious Father, humbly we adore Thee,

Poor and weak and helpless sinners in Thine eyes; Yet, in meek obedience, low we fall before Thee, Trusting, pleading only Jesus' Sacrifice.

Bowed beneath Thy footstool, yet with boldness pleading,

This the only plea on which our hope relies, Unto Thee, O Father, all Thy mercy needing, Make we this Memorial of Christ's Sacrifice.

PART II.

To our brother sinners we repeat the story,
('Tis the Gospel story pictured to our eyes).
Ever in this service, till He comes in glory,
Showing forth the Saviour's priceless Sacrifice.