The Lamb's High Banquet We Await

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1. The Lamb's high banquet we await,
In show-white robes of royal state;
And now, the Red Sea's channel past,
To Christ our Prince we sing at last.

2. Upon the altar of the cross,
His body has redeemed our loss;
And tasting of his roseate blood,
Our lives are hid with him in God.

3. Protected in the Paschal night
From the destroying angel's might,
In triumph went the ransomed free
From Pharaoh's cruel tyranny.

4. Now Christ, our Passover, is slain,
The Lamb of God without a stain;
His flesh, the true unleavened bread,
Is freely offered in our stead.

5. O all-sufficient sacrifice!
Beneath him, Hell, defeated lies:
The captives set free by the Lord,
Whose crowns of life have been restored.

6. We praise him, rising from the grave,
From death returning, strong to save;
With his right hand the tyrant chains,
And Paradise for us regains.

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #282

Translator: J. M. Neale

John M. Neale's life is a study in contrasts: born into an evangelical home, he had sympathies toward Rome; in perpetual ill health, he was incredibly productive; of scholarly tem­perament, he devoted much time to improving social conditions in his area; often ignored or despised by his contemporaries, he is lauded today for his contributions to the church and hymnody. Neale's gifts came to expression early–he won the Seatonian prize for religious poetry eleven times while a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, England. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1842, but ill health and his strong support of the Oxford Movement kept him from ordinary parish ministry. So Neale spent the years between 1846 and 1866 as a warden of Sackvi… Go to person page >

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Australian Hymn Book #419

Catholic Book of Worship #d154

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Catholic Church Hymnal with Music #52

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Common Praise (1998) #214

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CPWI Hymnal #181

Hymns Ancient and Modern (Standard ed.) #128

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition #143

Hymns Ancient and Modern, Revised #129

Hymns Ancient and Modern #111

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Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #282

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Hymns for the Reformed Church in the United States #190

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Rejoice in the Lord #314

The Australian Hymn Book with Catholic Supplement #419

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The Book of Common Praise #158a

The Book of Common Praise #158b

The Book of Common Praise #158c

The Book of Common Praise #831

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The Book of Common Praise #161

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The Church Hymnal #86

The Churchman's Hymn-Book, a Collection of Hymns Old and New, for Use in the Services of the Church #d366

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The Cyber Hymnal #3582

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The Cyber Hymnal #3711

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The English Hymnal #125

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The English Hymnal #125a

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The English Hymnal #125b

The English Hymnal #125a

The English Hymnal #125b

The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada #472a

The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada #472b

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The Hymnal 1982 #202

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The New English Hymnal #101a

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The New English Hymnal #101b

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