417. We Place upon Your Table, Lord
1 We place upon your table, Lord,
the food of life, the bread and wine,
as symbols of our daily work,
according to your grand design.
2 Within these simple things there lie
the height and depth of human life:
our pain and tears, our thoughts and toils,
our hopes and fears, our joy and strife.
3 Accept them, Lord, they come from you;
we take them humbly from your hand.
These gifts of yours for higher use
we offer up as you command.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | We place upon your table, Lord |
| Title: | We Place upon Your Table, Lord |
| Author: | M. F. C. Wilson (20th century, alt.) |
| Publication Date: | 1995 |
| Meter: | LM |
| Topic: | The Church at Worship: The Lord's Supper |
| Language: | English |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | WINCHESTER NEW |
| Meter: | LM |
| Key: | B♭ Major |
| Source: | Adapt. from Musicalisches Handbuch, Hamburg, 1690 |
