ELHB Hymn 427
Draw nigh and take the body of the Lord
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427. Draw nigh and take the body of the Lord
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1 Draw nigh and take the body of your Lord,
And drink the holy blood for you out-poured.
Offered was He for greatest and for least,
Himself the victim and Himself the priest.
And drink the holy blood for you out-poured.
Offered was He for greatest and for least,
Himself the victim and Himself the priest.
2 He that in this world rules His saints, and shields,
To all believers life eternal yields;
With heavenly bread makes them that hunger whole,
Gives living waters to the thirsting soul.
To all believers life eternal yields;
With heavenly bread makes them that hunger whole,
Gives living waters to the thirsting soul.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #427