The Communion Rail

THE COMMUNION RAIL

W/M: Bob Bennett

Iron and marble, wood and stone

Craftsman's chisel, hammer and nail

All the straight lines form our gath'ring place

At the Altar of God, at the Communion Rail

And the powerful and common, we all come alike

With our faith so weak and our souls so frail

To dine upon the promises of Christ the Lamb

Kept safe for His sheep at the Communion Rail

I can't help but watch this blessed parade

Of strangers and neighbors, we all fall and fail

And we come to have our lives made new again

And to return our thanks at the Communion Rail

And a great cloud of witnesses surrounds us out of time

We will follow their footsteps beyond this earthly veil

We will all join together at the Supper of the Lamb

And we glimpse that shining time

At the Communion Rail

We will follow their footsteps beyond this earthly veil

And we glimpse that shining time now

At the Communion Rail