The Institution

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1 That doleful night before His death,
The Lamb for sinners slain,
Did almost with His dying breath,
This solemn feast ordain.

2 To keep the feast, Lord, we have met,
And to remember Thee;
Help each poor trembler to repeat,
“For me, He died for me!”

3 Thy sufferings, Lord, each sacred sign
To our remembrance brings;
We eat the bread, and drink the wine,
But think on nobler things.

4 O tune our tongues, and set in frame
Each heart that pants for Thee,
To sing, “Hosanna to the Lamb,
The Lamb that died for me!"

Amen.

Source: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #539

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Author: Joseph Hart

Hart, Joseph, was born in London in 1712. His early life is involved in obscurity. His education was fairly good; and from the testimony of his brother-in-law, and successor in the ministry in Jewin Street, the Rev. John Hughes, "his civil calling was" for some time "that of a teacher of the learned languages." His early life, according to his own Experience which he prefaced to his Hymns, was a curious mixture of loose conduct, serious conviction of sin, and endeavours after amendment of life, and not until Whitsuntide, 1757, did he realize a permanent change, which was brought about mainly through his attending divine service at the Moravian Chapel, in Fetter Lane, London, and hearing a sermon on Rev. iii. 10. During the next two years ma… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: That doleful night before His death
Title: The Institution
Author: Joseph Hart
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

MARTYRDOM (Wilson)

MARTYRDOM was originally an eighteenth-century Scottish folk melody used for the ballad "Helen of Kirkconnel." Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) adapted MARTYRDOM into a hymn tune in duple meter around 1800. A triple-meter version of the tune was fir…

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THE SOLEMN FEAST


MANOAH (Greatorex)

MANOAH was first published in Henry W. Greatorex's Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1851). This anthology (later editions had alternate titles) contained one of the best tune collections of its era and included thirty-seven original compositions and arrangements by compiler Greatorex as well as m…

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d784

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns Suited to the Various Occasions of Public Worship #d300
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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #315

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #315

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs Suited to the Various Occasions of Public Worship. 2nd ed. #d304
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Gloria in Excelsis #d645

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #245
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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #224

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #840

Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #840
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Hymnal #313

Hymnal #313
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Hymni Ecclesiae #185
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Hymns and Tunes #49

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Hymns Arranged for the Communion Service of the Church of the United Brethren #32a

Hymns Arranged for the Communion Service of the Church of the United Brethren #32a
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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #958

Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #958

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d457

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d457
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Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs, including Some Never Before in Print #d289

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Our Leader #d118

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Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #615

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Prayer and Praise #362

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Primitive Baptist Hymn and Tune book #171

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Primitive Baptist Hymnal #137

Primitive Baptist Hymnal #137

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