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504. We Come as Guests Invited

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Text Information
First Line: We come as guests invited
Title: We Come as Guests Invited
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (1975)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.D
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Eucharist; Lord's Supper; Communion
Copyright: © 1984 Hope Publishing Company
ONE LICENSE: 19667
Tune Information
Name: WIE LIEBLICH IST DER MAIEN
Composer: Johann Steurlein (1575)
Meter: 7.6.7.6.D
Key: A♭ Major


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Without attempting to unravel the mystery of Christ’s presence in the bread and wine, the central stanza of this text affirms that we are nourished by faith rather than by understanding. This hopeful text is reinforced by a gentle 16th-century tune created for a secular text.


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