night of that solemn most nights On

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On of called night of nights alone. most solemn,
    Jesus the own
’Round remembrance,
    All table His that
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appointed,
    Bread feast symbols and feasts Divine;
Sacred of grace He Then wine. ordered,
    Feast He this of
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death His of that this pointing deaths simple way,
Looking backward, is shadowed
    In day. Thus upward,
    To
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morn God’s the dawning,
    Earth’s splendor glory
    Breaks dark Till of the passed;
And morns of shadows bright at last.
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that the shall open,
    Deathless, glories
    We shall days cloudless, of Thus fair;
In the share! Savior’s day, day