Draw Nigh and Take the Body of the Lord

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Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord

Translator: J. M. Neale (1861)
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	Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord

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	Draw Near and Take the Body of Your Lord

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1 Draw near and take the body of your Lord,
and drink the holy blood for you outpoured.
Saved by his body and his holy blood,
with souls refreshed we give our thanks to God.

2 Christ our Redeemer, God’s eternal Son,
has by his cross and blood the vict’ry won.
He gave his life for greatest and for least,
himself the off’ring and himself the priest.

3 Let us approach with faithful hearts sincere
and take the pledges of salvation here.
Christ, who in this life all the saints defends,
gives all believers life that never ends.

4 With heav’nly bread he makes the hungry whole,
gives living waters to the thirsting soul.
Lord of the nations, to whom all must bow,
in this great feast of love be with us now.

Source: Christian Worship: Hymnal #661

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Translator: J. M. Neale

John M. Neale's life is a study in contrasts: born into an evangelical home, he had sympathies toward Rome; in perpetual ill health, he was incredibly productive; of scholarly temperament, he devoted much time to improving social conditions in his area; often ignored or despised by his contemporaries, he is lauded today for his contributions to the church and hymnody. Neale's gifts came to expression early–he won the Seatonian prize for religious poetry eleven times while a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, England. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1842, but ill health and his strong support of the Oxford Movement kept him from ordinary parish ministry. So Neale spent the years between 1846 and 1866 as a warden of Sackvi… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord
Title:	Draw Nigh and Take the Body of the Lord
Latin Title:	Sancti venite, corpus Christi sumite
Translator:	J. M. Neale (1861)
Meter:	10.10.10.10
Source:	Latin hymn, 7th cent.
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain
Liturgical Use:	Communion Songs

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The Cyber Hymnal #1264

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Christian Worship: Hymnal (2021), p.668

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