the fes­tal board

The phrase "the fes­tal board" resonates through 3 hymns, touching hearts across generations.

“the fes­tal board”· 3 hymns found
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Come and wel­come, sin­ner, come.
There shall nev­er­more be night;
The mid­night oath, the lust­ful strain,

the fes­tal board

See with rich­est boun­ty stored;
Shall be naught but pure de­light.
Now deaf to all th’en­chant­ing noise,

From the Cross

lyricist: Thomas Haweis, 1792
Composer: Dimitri Bortniansky, 1822
Hymn 1

...Come and wel­come, sin­ner, come.

“Spread for thee, the fes­tal board

See with rich­est boun­ty stored;...

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Come and wel­come, sin­ner, come.

“Spread for thee, the fes­tal board

See with rich­est boun­ty stored;

From the Cross

No Vacant Chair

lyricist: Ina Ogdon, 1907
Composer: Edmund Lorenz
Hymn 2

...There shall nev­er­more be night;

At the fes­tal board to­mor­row,

Shall be naught but pure de­light....

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There shall nev­er­more be night;

At the fes­tal board to­mor­row,

Shall be naught but pure de­light.

No Vacant Chair

When with a Mind Devoutly Pressed

lyricist: Moses Brown, 1839
Composer: S. Chandler, 1790
Hymn 3

...The mid­night oath, the lust­ful strain,

When round the fes­tal board;

Now deaf to all th’en­chant­ing noise,...

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The mid­night oath, the lust­ful strain,

When round the fes­tal board;

Now deaf to all th’en­chant­ing noise,

When with a Mind Devoutly Pressed

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