Behold the eternal king and priest

[Modernised Version]
Words: Congregational Church Hymnal / Jubilate Hymns
Music: MELCOMBE (Samuel Webbe)
Arrangement: Public Domain
Metre: 8 8 8 8 (LM)
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1 Behold the eternal King and Priest
here brings for me the bread and wine;
himself the master of the feast,
his flesh and blood the food divine.

2 Lord Christ, I come, I hear your call,
I eat and drink at your command;
low at your feet I humbly fall
O touch me with your nail-pierced hand!

3 Wash clean my heart and make it new,
to beat with love for you alone;
so let me find my life in you,
and have no will except your own.

4 In strength or weakness, be my rest,
in joy or sorrow, be my friend:
so all my life I shall be blessed,
and by your mercy, gain my end.

Congregational Church Hymnal (1887), Jubilate Hymns version
© Jubilate Hymns
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