Charis = gift of grace.
Tune: St Margaret
('O love that wilt not let me go')
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In Communion, remembrance
Your gracious presence we here sense
Your body broken and your blood shed
You died, now risen from the dead
You e'er our living Head
Your grace shown here, in your atonement
Yu came from heaven, by Father sent
To do His will, bring salvation
Open to all, every nation
Whate'er race or station
Your life given for me, so I
Confide, put faith in you, ne'er die
Fro you for all mankind atone
'Tis you that saves, and you alone
No other Way is known
Not adding to, nor subtracting
To this, we safe under your wing
God's righteous judgement you did bear
For us, in it we due a share
But you for us did care
Making forgiveness possible
To each who repent, on you call
Our place now in you Christ it be
We accepted by God, we see
Through you propitiously*
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* propitiously - appeasing, or making atonement
to a god, spirit, person.
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: April 27th, 2019 01:44
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.8.8.8.6. metre.
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Thanks UNCLE STEVE : You have lifted us Heavenwards today. Awesome Hymn : Brians favourite ! He has chosen it for his FUNERAL in 2089 when he will be 101 ! We find wherever we are in the WORLD the Communion Table is the one unifying factor of Christianity. We sometimes attend Mass in the Catholic Church : We will have a Nuptual Mass in Seville Cathedral on our Honeymoon (2020) ! Sometimes we visit the Open Bretheren which is a much simpler Spirit Led "Breaking of Bread" but the sensation of "Closeness to God" is the same in BOTH SANCTUARIES : AMEN
Blessings and much Saturday JOY to You & Fido
Love in the SPIRIT : ANGELA & BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡🧡 + 🧡
Thanks B&A. Oohh, 101! heehee.
"Oh love that wilt not let me go" - those words take me back to my Mum's lovely singing voice Orchi. thanks for the verse too.
Thank Fay. The author was blind I think. I kept calling the tune 'Margaret'. But that's for some other hymn that I've forgotten at the mo! This one is St Margaret. Not that I know much (anything?) about her either, only that I know a church with her name, miles out in the country though. I don't know much. heehee.
just as I was getting into the rhythm, you go and hit me for six with a 6....right out of the blue...
Yes, a shorter last line to catch us out! I ran out of 8's.
I figured that.. that's not only a fact it's a figure of eight....
Good write Orchi.
Thanks Gold.
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