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We’re going to sing the Getty/Townend composition Behold The Lamb (Communion Hymn) at mgpc next Sunday morning. We had a run through tonight.
The art of their compositions is augmented by the variations which they employ from song to song. Here the use of the ‘remember’ phrases; the ‘we share’ phrases and ‘table of the King’ phrases in the four verse provides unity and structural flow, but also serve the narrative, they never seem forced. But these stylistic flourishes aren’t formulaicly used in their other songs.
As usual belief and the actions which flow from belief are present in balance.

The lyrics:
1.
Behold the Lamb who bears our sins away,
Slain for us – and we remember
The promise made that all who come in faith
Find forgiveness at the cross.
So we share in this bread of life,
And we drink of His sacrifice
As a sign of our bonds of peace
Around the table of the King.
2.
The body of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
Torn for you – eat and remember
The wounds that heal, the death that brings us life
Paid the price to make us one.
So we share in this bread of life,
And we drink of His sacrifice
As a sign of our bonds of love
Around the table of the King.
3.
The blood that cleanses every stain of sin,
Shed for you – drink and remember
He drained death’s cup that all may enter in
To receive the life of God.
So we share in this bread of life,
And we drink of His sacrifice
As a sign of our bonds of grace
Around the table of the King.
4.
And so with thankfulness and faith we rise
To respond, – and to remember
Our call to follow in the steps of Christ
As His body here on earth.
As we share in His suffering
We proclaim Christ will come again!
And we’ll join in the feast of heaven
Around the table of the King

Words and Music by Keith and Kristyn Getty
& Stuart Townend
Copyright © 2006 Thankyou Music/Adm. by worshiptogether.com songs
And here’s a rendition from Stuart Townend.