Scripture Verse

He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying This is My body given for you; do this in remembrance of Me. Luke 22:19

Introduction

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James Montgomery (1771–1854)
National Portrait Gallery

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Words: James Mont­go­me­ry, The Chris­tian Psalm­ist (Glas­gow, Scot­land: Chal­mers & Col­lins, 1825), pag­es 405–06. This do in re­mem­brance of Me.

Music: Mar­tyr­dom Hugh Wil­son, 1800. Ar­ranged by Ralph E. Hud­son, cir­ca 1885 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lyrics

According to Thy gra­cious word,
In meek hu­mi­li­ty,
This will I do, my dy­ing Lord,
I will re­mem­ber Thee.

Thy bo­dy, brok­en for my sake,
My bread from Hea­ven shall be;
The tes­ta­ment­al cup I take,
And thus re­mem­ber Thee.

Gethsemane can I for­get?
Or there Thy con­flict see,
Thine ag­ony, and bloody sweat,
And not re­mem­ber Thee?

When to the cross I turn mine eyes,
And rest on Cal­va­ry,
O Lamb of God, my sac­ri­fice!
I must re­mem­ber Thee.

Remember Thee, and all Thy pains
And all Thy love to me;
Yea, while a breath, a pulse re­mains,
Will I re­mem­ber Thee.

And when these fail­ing lips grow dumb
And mind and me­mo­ry flee,
When Thou shalt in Thy king­dom come,
Jesus, re­mem­ber me.

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The Betrayal of Christ
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528)