The distribution hymn last night was As With Gladness Men of Old, fine but not exactly a hymn on my top-ten list. But I lucked into perfect timing again!
Luther commented on the Lord's Supper being the manger in which He nows lies. "As with joyful steps they sped, Savior, to Thy lowly bed" could refer to us going to the Sacrament as much as it refers to the Wise Men going to see Jesus in His crib. "There to bend the knee before Thee whom heaven and earth adore," and we do kneel at the altar rail. As the mercyseat was the place of God's gracious presence and was the location of the pouring out of the Lamb's atoning blood, "So may we with willing feet ever seek Thy mercyseat!"
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