Thou, Who At Thy First Eucharist Didst Pray - Hymn Lyrics & Music

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Thou, Who At Thy First Eucharist Didst Pray - Song Lyrics with Orchestral backing music.

LYRICS:
Thou, who at thy first Eucharist didst pray
Author: W. H. Turton (1881)
Hymn for Christian Unity
CCLI Song Number: 2884776 P.D.

1 O thou, who at thy Eucharist didst pray
that all thy church might be for ever one,
grant us at every Eucharist to say
with longing heart and soul, 'Thy will be done':
O may we all one bread, one body be,
through this blest sacrament of unity.

2 For all thy church, O Lord, we intercede;
make thou our sad divisions soon to cease;
draw us the nearer each to each, we plead,
by drawing all to thee, O Prince of Peace:
thus may we all one bread, one body be,
through this blest sacrament of unity.

3 We pray thee too for wanderers from thy fold;
O bring them back, good Shepherd of the sheep,
back to the faith which saints believed of old,
back to the church which still that faith doth keep:
soon may we all one bread, one body be,
through this blest sacrament of unity.

4 So, Lord, at length when sacraments shall cease,
may we be one with all thy church above,
one with thy saints in one unbroken peace,
one with thy saints in one unbounded love:
more blessèd still, in peace and love to be
one with the Trinity in Unity.

FOR SINGERS - music is mostly SATB formatted:
Centre: Soprano (violin/piccolo/flute/cello), Bass (Acoustic Bass/Contrabass)

Right 100% Alto (clarinet), Left 100% Tenor (oboe/tuba/trombone)

Lyrics are formatted for church type projection, for use in worship or choir practice etc.

SONG VERSIONS are the original traditional ones. There are also some variant versions of tunes, standard / full verses or instrumentation.

Lyrics and tunes used are PD versions, my music performance(sound recording) is copyright© Rod Smith but non-commercial, worship and individual education use is OK but NO posting to other YouTube channels or on-line anywhere without permission. Copyright, author and CCLI number (where available) are on the video.

UPDATES & CORRECTIONS: please let me know of any problem or deficiency with a song or music, and I will try and provide a new corrected version.

Thanks Rod