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LORD WHO AT THY FIRST EUCHARIST

Lord who at thy first Eucharist

did’st pray,

That all Thy church might be forever one,

Grant us at every Eucharist to say

With longing heart and soul,

"Thy will be done."

Oh, may we all

one bread, one body be,

Through this blest sacrament of unity.

William Harry Turton (1856-1938)

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LORD WHO AT THY FIRST EUCHARIST

For all thy church,

O Lord, we intercede;

Make Thou our sad divisions soon to cease;

Draw us the nearer

each to each, we plead,

By drawing all to thee,

O prince of peace;

Thus may we all one bread, one body be,

Through this blest Sacrament of Unity.

William Harry Turton (1856-1938)

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LORD WHO AT THY FIRST EUCHARIST

We pray thee, too,

for wanderers from thy fold,

Oh, bring them back, �good shepherd of the sheep,

Back to the faith which saints �believed of old,

Back to the church which still �that faith doth keep;

Soon may we all one bread, one body be,

Through this blest sacrament of unity.

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William Harry Turton (1856-1938)

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LORD WHO AT THY FIRST EUCHARIST

So, Lord, at length

when sacraments shall cease,

May we be one with all thy church above,

One with Thy saints

in one unbroken peace,

One with Thy saints

in one unbounded love;

More blessed still,

In peace and love to be

One with the Trinity in unity.

William Harry Turton (1856-1938)

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