The Lord's Supper

With wondering eyes, Lord, we admire

Author: William Gadsby
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 With wondering eyes, Lord, we admire
The feast prepared by grace;
Come, Lord, and set our souls on fire,
And fill each heart with peace.

2 These emblems of thy precious love,
By faith may we receive!
And with a solemn pleasure prove,
We in thy name believe.

3 [No goodness of our own we bring;
We’re sinners vile and base;
Christ is our all; of Christ we sing,
And long to see his face.]

4 O may we each, with heart and tongue
Sing, “Worthy is the Lamb”;
To him alone the praise belongs,

Source: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #660

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Author: William Gadsby

Gadsby, William , was born in 1773 at Attleborough, in Warwickshire. In 1793 he joined the Baptist church at Coventry, and in 1798 began to preach. In 1800 a chapel was built for him at Desford, in Leicestershire, and two years later another in the town of Hinckley. In 1805 he removed to Manchester, becoming minister of a chapel in Rochdale Boad, where he continued until his death, in January, 1844. Gadsby was for many years exceedingly popular as a preacher of the High Calvinist faith, and visited in that capacity most parts of England. He published The Nazarene's Songs, being a composition of Original Hymns, Manchester, 1814; and Hymns on the Death of the Princess Charlotte, Manchester, 1817. In 1814 he also published A Selection of Hymn… Go to person page >

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