1 Now to your table spread
We come, each one in faith
That You alone provide the words of life and death:
In wine and bread,
On promised food
We find Your loving heart, O God.
2 Hands of the world stretch out
Your mystery to touch
In longing to believe a truth beyond our reach,
To sing in joy,
To cry in grief,
To know Your meaning for our life.
3 Here is our common wealth
In sharing what is good,
As though all humankind around one table stood,
This bread to break,
This wine to taste:
One people in the name of Christ.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Now to Your table spread |
| Title: | Now to Your Table Spread |
| Author: | Shirley Erena Murray (1987) |
| Meter: | 6.6.12.4.4.8 |
| Scripture: | Luke 22:14-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | Copyright © 1987 by Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission. |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | LOVE UNKNOWN |
| Composer: | John Ireland (1918) |
| Meter: | 6.6.12.4.4.8 |
| Key: | D Major |
| Copyright: | Copyright © John Ireland Trust. All rights reserved. Used by permission. |