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Hymn: The King of heav'n his table spreads (FL)

Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs

Date: 1853

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: A Campbell

First Line: The King of heav'n his table spreads

Topic: Evangelizing and Recruiting Songs

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: CM

Tune:

Hymn Number: Song 200

Page Number: 291, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

THE King of heav'n his table spreads,

And dainties crown the board;

Not Paradise, with all its joys,

Could such delights afford.



Pardon and peace to dying men,

And endless life are giv'n,

Through the rich blood that Jesus shed,

To raise our souls to heav'n.



You hungry poor, that long have stray'd

In sin's dark mazes, come;

Come from your most obscure retreats,

And grace shall find you room.



Millions of souls in glory now

Were fed and feasted here;

And millions more still on the way

Around the board appear.



Yet are his heart and house so large,

That millions more may come:

Nor could the whole assembled world

O'erfill the spacious room.



All things are ready: come away,

Nor weak excuses frame;

Crowd to your places at the feast,

And bless the Founder's name.