Father God, we trust we be
Part of thine own family;
While we sit around thy board,
Deign thy Presence to afford.
Richly are thy children fed,
Christ’s own body is our bread;
Sure, the taste of blood divine
Far exceeds the noblest wine.
These appointed symbols show
What He suffered here below;
Set before our mental eyes,
All His dreadful agonies.
May thy Spirit now impart
To each guest a faithful heart;
Faithful hearts alone are fed
Truly with this broken bread.
All of Christ we would receive,
All ourselves to Him would give;
On us now impress thy seal,
Our backslidings kindly heal.
Having sung this hymn, we part,
May we still be joined in heart;
All united, may we be,
To each other and to thee.