Scripture Verse

Come and dine. John 21:12

Introduction

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Joseph Stennett (1663–1713)

Words: Jo­seph Sten­nett (1663–1713). This hymn is not in Sten­nett’s Works, but ap­pears in Rippon’s 1787 Bap­tist Se­lect­ion, at­trib­ut­ed to Sten­nett. Ju­li­an states it was prob­ab­ly sup­plied to Rip­pon by Sten­nett’s grand­son Sam­uel.

Music: Downs Lo­well Ma­son, 1832 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lowell Mason (1792–1872)

Lyrics

Lord, at Thy ta­ble I be­hold
The won­ders of Thy grace;
But most of all ad­mire that I
Should find a wel­come place.

I, that am all de­filed with sin,
A re­bel to my God;
I, that have cru­ci­fied His Son,
And tram­pled on His blood.

What strange, sur­pris­ing grace is this,
That such a soul has room!
My Sav­ior takes me by the hand,
My Je­sus bids me come.

Eat, O My friends, the Sav­ior cries,
The feast was made for you;
For you I groaned, and bled, and died,
And rose, and tri­umphed, too.

With trem­bling faith, and bleed­ing hearts,
Lord, we ac­cept Thy love;
’Tis a rich ban­quet we have had,
What will it be above?

Ye saints be­low, and hosts of Hea­ven,
Join all your prais­ing powers;
No theme is like re­deem­ing love,
No Sav­ior is like ours.

Had I ten thou­sand hearts, dear Lord,
I’d give them all to Thee;
Had I ten thou­sand tongues, they all
Should join the har­mo­ny.