The Hymnal 1982 #321
First Line: My God, thy table now is spread
Author (st. 4): Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Author (sts. 1-3): Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
Tune Title: ROCKINGHAM
Adapter: Samuel Webbe, 1740-1816
Harmonizer: Edward Miller, 1731-1807
1 My God, thy table now is spread,
thy cup with love doth overflow;
be all thy children thither led,
and let them thy sweet mercies know.
2 O let thy table honored be,
and furnished well with joyful guests:
and may each soul salvation see,
that here its sacred pledges tastes.
3 Drawn by thy quickening grace, O Lord,
in countless numbers let them come
and gather from their Father's board
the Bread that lives beyond the tomb.
4 Nor let thy spreading Gospel rest
till through the world thy truth has run,
till with this Bread all men be blest
who see the light or feel the sun.
| Text information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | My God, thy table now is spread |
| Author (sts. 1-3): | Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751 (alt.) |
| Author (st. 4): | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 (alt.) |
| Publication Date: | 1982 |
| Meter: | LM |
| Topic: | Holy Eucharist |
| Language: | English |
| Tune information | |
|---|---|
| Tune name: | ROCKINGHAM |
| Harmonizer: | Edward Miller, 1731-1807 |
| Adapter: | Samuel Webbe, 1740-1816 |
| Meter: | LM |
| Key: | D Major |
| Source: | Second Supplement to Psalmody in Miniature, ca. 1780 (melody) |