1 As in that upper room you left your seat
and took a towel and chose a servant's part,
so for today, Lord, wash again my feet,
who in your mercy died to cleanse my heart.
2 I bow before you, all my sin confessed,
to hear again the words of love you said;
and at your table, as your honored guest,
I take and eat the true and living bread.
3 So in remembrance of your life laid down
I come to praise you for your grace divine;
Saved by your cross, and subject to your crown,
strengthened for service by this bread and wine.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | As in that upper room you left your seat |
| Title: | As in that upper room you left your seat |
| Author: | Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) |
| Publication Date: | 1997 |
| Meter: | 10.10.10.10 |
| Scripture: | John 13:1-20 |
| Topic: | Hymns and Spiritual Songs: Lent, Holy Week, and Easter |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | © 1993 Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission. You must contact Hope Publishing Co. to reproduce these words. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SURSUM CORDA |
| Composer: | Alfred Morton Smith (1879-1971) |
| Meter: | 10.10.10.10 |
| Key: | D Major |