hymns-for-the-poor-of-the-flock-v4

400. ‘Oft we, alas! forget the love.’

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1. Of t  we, alas! forget the love
Of Him Who bought us with His blood; 
Who now, as our High Priest above,
E’er intercedes for us with God.

2. Oft we forget the woe, the pain,
The bloody sweat, th’ accursed tree,
The w rath His soul did once sustain,
From sin and death to set us free.

3. Oft we forget that, strangers here,
This world is not our rest or home;
That, waiting till our Lord appear, .
Our hearts should cry, “ Come, Saviour, 
come!”

4. Oft we forget that we are one
With every saint that loves His nam e; 
United to Him on the throne—
Our life, our hope, our Lord, the same.

5. O, then, what love is here display’d !
That Jesus did this feast provide 
The very night He was betray’d,
The very night before He died.

6. Here, in the broken bread and wine,
We hear Him say, “ Remember me .
“ I gave My life to ransom thine, _
“ I bore thy curse to set thee free.

7. Lord, we are Thine—we praise Thy love— 
One with Thy saints, all one in Thee;
We would, until we meet above,
In all our ways, remember Thee.

8. “For 1 have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same night  in which he was betrayed, took bread: And, when he had 
given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my  body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance23
l o r d ’ s  s u p p e r . of me After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in 
my blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remem- brance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and 
drink this cup, y e do shew the Lord’s death till he come. - 1 Cor. xi. 23-26.