1. For the bread, which you have broken
For the cup, which you have poured,
For the words, which you have spoken,
Now we give you thanks, O Lord.
2. By this pledge that you do love us,
By the gift of peace restored,
By your call to Heav'n above us,
Hallow all our lives, O Lord.
3. With our sainted ones in glory,
Seated at our Father's board,
May the Church, which waits still for thee,
Keep love's tie unbroken, Lord.
4. In your service, Lord, defend us,
In our hearts keep watch and ward,
In the world, where you have sent us,
Let your kingdom come, O Lord.
Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #264
Benson, Louis FitzGerald, D.D., was born at Philadelphia, Penn., July 22, 1855, and educated at the University of Penn. He was admitted to the Bar in 1877, and practised until 1884. After a course of theological studies he was ordained by the Presbytery of Philadelphia North, in 1888. His pastorate of the Church of the Redeemer, Germantown, Phila., extended from his ordination in 1888 to 1894, when he resigned and devoted himself to literary and Church work at Philadelphia. He edited the series of Hymnals authorised for use by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., as follows:—
(1) The Hymnal, Phila., 1895; (2) The Chapel Hymnal, 1898; and (3) The School Hymnal, 1899.
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