Scripture Verse

Come and dine. John 21:12

Introduction

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Charles B. Widmeyer (1884–1974)

Words: Charles B. Wid­mey­er, 1906. Wid­mey­er wrote this song to go with a ser­mon he was pre­par­ing on John 21:12.

Music: Charles B. Wid­mey­er, ar­ranged by S. H. Bol­ton (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Bol­ton’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Jesus has a ta­ble spread
Where the saints of God are fed,
He in­vites His chos­en peo­ple,
Come and dine;
With His man­na He doth feed
And sup­plies our ev­ery need:
O ’tis sweet to sup with Je­sus all the time!

Refrain

Come and dine, the Mas­ter call­eth,
Come and dine;
You may feast at Je­sus’ ta­ble all the time;
He who fed the mul­ti­tude,
Turned the wa­ter in­to wine,
To the hun­gry call­eth now,
Come and dine.

The dis­ci­ples came to land,
Thus ob­ey­ing Christ’s com­mand,
For the Mas­ter called un­to them,
Come and dine;
There they found their heart’s de­sire,
Bread and fish up­on the fire;
Thus He sa­tis­fies the hun­gry ev­ery time.

Refrain

Soon the Lamb will take His bride
To be ev­er at His side,
All the host of Hea­ven will as­semb­led be;
O ’twill be a glo­ri­ous sight,
All the saints in spot­less white;
And with Je­sus they will feast eter­nal­ly.

Refrain