Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: The King of heaven his table spreads
Topic: For the Lord's Supper
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 137
Page Number: 138, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe King of heaven his table spreads,
And dainties crown the board;
Not paradise, with all its joys,
Could such delight afford.
Pardon and peace to dying men,
And endless life are given;
And the rich blood that Jesus shed,
To raise our souls to heaven.
Ye hungry poor, that long have strayed
In sin's dark mazes, come;
Come from the hedges and highways,
And grace will 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 house, and heart so large,
That millions more may come;
Nor could the wild assembled world
O'er fill the spacious room.
All things are ready, come away,
Nor weak excuses frame;
Croud to your places at the feast,
And bless the founder's name.