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Hymn of Thanksgiving after Communion (I.)

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“Hymn of Thanksgiving after Communion (I.)” as printed in A First Series of Hymns and Songs (1853).

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This text comes from A First Series of Hymns and Songs, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

43. Hymn of Thanksgiving after Communion.

(I.)

Verse 2

What happiness can equal mine?

I've found the object of my love;

My Saviour and my Lord divine

Is come to me from heav'n above.

He makes my heart his own abode,

His flesh becomes my daily bread;

He pours on me his healing blood,

And with his life my soul is fed.

Verse 3

My love is mine, and I am his;

In me he dwells, in him I live:

Where could I taste a purer bliss?

What greater boon could Jesus give?

O royal banquet! heav'nly feast!

O flowing fount of life and grace!

Where God the Giver, man the guest,

Meet and unite in sweet embrace.

Verse 4

Dear Jesus, now my heart is thine,

Oh, may it never from thee fly

My God, be thou for ever mine,

And I thine own eternally.

No more, O Satan, thee I fear!

O world, thy charms I now despise!

For Christ himself is with me here,

My joy, my life, my paradise.

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Words by Anonymous. Historical text published in A First Series of Hymns and Songs (1853); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

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A First Series of Hymns and Songs (1853), “Hymn of Thanksgiving after Communion (I.)”

Every text in this 1853 collection is by Henry Formby (1816-1884), who died more than 140 years ago, so the text is in the public domain worldwide; the edition carries a Wikisource PD-old determination.

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