"Hail! sacred feast, which Jesus makes--
Rich banquet of his flesh and blood:
Thrice happy he who here partakes
That sacred stream, that heavenly food."

With a bearing meekly grateful, slow approach the _sacred feast_,
And, with penitential gladness, take, by faith, this Eucharist.
Hark! how sweetly, o'er it stealing, come the sounds of pardoning love!
Winning back to paths of virtue all who now in error rove.
Here is food for all who languish, and for those who, fainting, thirst--
Free, from Christ, the _Living Fountain_, crystal waters ceaseless burst!
Come, ye sad and weary-hearted, bending 'neath a weight of woe--
Here the _Comforter_ is waiting his rich blessings to bestow!
None need linger--_all_ are bidden to this "Supper of the Lamb:"
Come, and by this outward token, worship God, the great "I AM!"

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MARRIAGE

"One sacred oath hath tied
Our loves; one destiny our life shall guide;
Nor wild nor deep our common way divide!"

Choral voices float around us, music on the night air swells;
Hill and dell resound with echoes of the gleeful wedding bells!
Ushered thus, we haste to enter on a scene of radiant joy--
List'ning vows in ardor plighted, which alone can death destroy.
Passing fair the bride appeareth, in her robes of snowy white,