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Numbered Notation (also called Jianpu, 简谱) writes each melody note as a number from 1 to 7 instead of a note on a staff. The number shows the note's position in the song's scale -- not its exact pitch -- so the same tune looks identical no matter what key it's sung in.

Within one octave, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 correspond to the familiar do re mi fa sol la ti. A dot above a number raises it an octave higher; a dot below lowers it an octave lower -- no dot means the middle, as-written octave.

A plain number lasts one beat. A dash (-) right after a number holds that same note for one more beat. A line underneath a number shortens it instead -- one line is half a beat, two lines a quarter of a beat. A 0 is a rest: silence for one beat.

The label at the top of the sheet, like "1=C" or "1=Ab", shows which pitch scale degree 1 ("do") is tuned to. A song in a minor key is labeled "6=X" instead -- scale degree 6 ("la") is the true tonic. Chord names printed above the notes (like "C" or "G7") always use their familiar letter names, never numbers.

For example, under a "1=C" heading, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 sound as C D E F G A B. Under a "1=G" heading, those very same numbers sound as G A B C D E F# instead -- same shape, different key.

We gather together to eat the Lord’s supper

Praise of the Lord Remembrance of Him

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We gather together to eat the Lord’s supper:
By eating and drinking, our oneness we show.
His presence possessing, our oneness confessing,
’Tis thus we eat and drink, and His blessing we know.
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We’re eating the bread of His body once broken
As now we’re enjoying His Body made one:
One loaf on the table—one Body, we’re able
To testify to all that the Lord’s made us one.
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We also are drinking the cup of His blessing,
The church’s true fellowship of the Lord’s blood;
Redeemed by believing, all saints we’re receiving,
All those who through redemption have come unto God.
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Oh, what can we say now except “Hallelujah!”
For such a reality given to us.
Thy blood we’re employing, Thy Body enjoying;
Thus Thou wilt have the church for Thyself glorious.

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Un Hermano

Aug 24, 2025

c. For the Believers to Eat and Drink,

Declaring His Death until He Comes

According to 1 Corinthians 11:26 , we are to declare the Lord’s death until He comes. This shows that when we break bread to remember the Lord and to display His death, we are also waiting for His coming. We should display the Lord’s death and thus remember Him in the spirit and atmosphere of waiting for His coming. We have a glorious hope: one day Christ will return and change our body ( 15:51-54 ). When our body of humiliation is transfigured into the body of His glory at His coming ( Phil. 3:21 ), our redemption will be complete ( Rom. 8:23 ).

We should take the Lord’s supper unto the remembrance of Him by declaring His redeeming death without ceasing until He comes back to set up God’s kingdom ( Matt. 26:29 ). By His first coming the Lord accomplished His death to carry out an all-inclusive redemption for the producing of the church. After His death He went away to receive the kingdom, and He will come again with the kingdom ( Dan. 7:13-14 ; Luke 19:12 ). The period between His first and second comings is the church age. The church thus bridges the gap between the Lord’s first coming and His second coming and connects His death in the past with God’s kingdom in the future. Hence, to declare the Lord’s death until He comes may imply the declaring of the existence of the church for the bringing in of the kingdom. When we eat the Lord’s supper in this way, with a view to a continual remembrance of Him in His first and second comings, that supper becomes a satisfaction to Him in relation to the kingdom, God’s administration.

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Nicole Ho

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Jun 15, 2025

By eating and drinking His body, oneness we show.

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Maria L

Fremont, California, United States

Jan 20, 2025

Hallelujah! By eating and drinking our oneness we show. We can testify to all that the Lord’s made us one. Lord, we want to have a deeper and stronger enjoyment and experience of Christ as the peace offering daily, and bring our enjoyment of Christ to the Lord’s table to praise the Lord and worship the Father. Praise the Lord for such a reality given to us! 😀

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Jasiel

The Bronx, New York City, United States

Dec 22, 2024

We love You Lord

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Selene Leyva Hernandez

Fort Stockton, TX, United States

Sep 3, 2023

Praise Him for His eternal plan and for us being the privileged!

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Josh

Centennial, CO, United States

Jun 25, 2023

Hallelujah

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Vanessa

Tampa, FL, United States

Jun 25, 2023

Lord we just love you!

Amen

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Stephen Aizon

Glenfield Auckland City, New Zealand

Mar 11, 2023

Oh, what can we say now except “Hallelujah! ”

For such a reality given to us on the Table!! We are here to feast on you!

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Abel Tettey Addy

Accra, G. Accra, Ghana

Sep 25, 2022

What can we say now except Hallelujah.. We love you Lord !

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John Lascuña Castro

Mabitac, Laguna, Philippines

Oct 24, 2021

We gather together to eat the Lord’s supper:

By eating and drinking, our oneness we show.
His presence possessing, our oneness confessing,
’Tis thus we eat and drink, and His blessing we know.

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