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Text:Upon Thy Table, Lord, We Place
Author:M. F. C. Willson
Tune:ELY
Composer:Thomas Turton

539. Upon Thy Table, Lord, We Place

1 Upon thy table, Lord, we place
these symbols of our work and thine,
life's food won only by thy grace,
who giv'st to all the bread and wine.

2 Within these simple things there lie
the height and depth of human life,
our prayer and thought, our tears and toils,
our hopes and fears, our joy and strife.

3 Accept them, Lord; from thee they come;
we take them humbly at thy hand.
These gifts of thine for higher use
we offer, as thou dost command.

Text Information
First Line: Upon thy table, Lord, we place
Title: Upon Thy Table, Lord, We Place
Author: M. F. C. Willson (alt.)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1985
Tune Information
Name: ELY
Composer: Thomas Turton (1844)
Meter: LM
Key: G Major



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