Matthew 26
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Matt 26:26-29
26 ’Twas on that night, when doom’d to know
The eager rage of ev’ry foe,
That night in which he was betray’d,
The Saviour of the world took bread:
2 And, after thanks and glory giv’n
To him that rules in earth and heav’n,
That symbol of his flesh he broke,
And thus to all his foll’wers spoke:
3 My broken body thus I give
For you, for all; take, eat, and live;
And oft the sacred rite renew,
That brings my wondrous love to view.
27 Then in his hands the cup he rais’d,
And God anew he thank’d and prais’d;
While kindness in his bosom glow’d,
And from his lips salvation flow’d:
28 My blood I thus pour forth, he cries,
To cleanse the soul in sin that lies;
In this the covenant is seal’d,
And Heav’n’s eternal grace reveal’d.
29 With love to man this cup is fraught,
Let all partake the sacred draught;
Through latest ages let it pour,
In mem’ry of my dying hour.
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Matthew 26: MP1781
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First published by the Church of Scotland in 1781.
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