"Thy Table I Approach"
               by Gerhard W. Molanus, 1633-1722
            Translated by Matthias Loy, 1828-1915
                                 Text From:
                      THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
        (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941)



        1. Thy table I approach,
        Dear Savior, hear my prayer;
        Oh, let no unrepented sin
        Prove hurtful to me there!

        2. Lo, I confess my sins
        And mourn their wretched bands;
        A contrite heart is sure to find
        Forgiveness at Thy hands.

        3. Thy body and Thy blood,
        Once slain and shed for me,
        Are taken here with mouth and soul,
        In blest reality.

        4. Search not how this takes place,
        This wondrous mystery;
        God can accomplish vastly more
        Than seemeth plain to thee.

        5. Vouchsafe, O blessed Lord,
        That earth and hell combined
        May ne'er about this Sacrament
        Raise doubt within my mind.

        6. Oh, may I never fail
        To thank Thee day and night
        For Thy true body and true blood,
        O God, my Peace and Light!

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        Notes:
        Hymn #310 from The Lutheran Hymnal
        Text: Mark 14: 22-25
        Author: Gerhard W. Molanus, 1673, cento
        Translated by: Matthias Loy, 1880, alt.
        Titled: "Ich trete frisch"
        Tune: "St. Michael"
        1st Published in: "Genevan Psalter," 1551
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