Lord's Supper
Thou, Who at Thy First Eucharist
- Words:
- William H. Turton, 1881.
- Music:
- 'Unde Et Memores' William Henry Monk, 1875.
- Setting:
- "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1896.
- Metre:
- 10 10 10 10 10 10
- 1Thou, who at Thy first Eucharist didst prayThat all Thy Church might be forever one,Grant us at ev'ry Eucharist to sayWith longing heart and soul, "Thy will be done."O may we all one bread, one body be,Through this blest sacrament of unity.
- 2For all Thy Church, O Lord, we intercede;Make Thou our sad divisions soon to cease;Draw us the nearer each to each, we plead,By drawing all to Thee, O Prince of Peace;Thus may we all one bread, one body be,Through this blest sacrament of unity.
- 3We pray Thee too for wand'rers from Thy fold;O bring them back, good Shepherd of the sheep,Back to the faith which saints believed of old,Back to the Church which still that faith doth keep;Soon may we all one bread, one body be,Through this blest sacrament of unity.
- 4So, Lord, at length when sacraments shall cease,May we be one with all Thy Church above,One with Thy saints in one unbroken peace,One with Thy saints in one unbounded love;More blessèd still, in peace and love to beOne with the Trinity in unity.
Scripture
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1881, the words are in 81 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Unde Et Memores, is in 87 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.