I Come, O Savior, To Thy Table

Text by Friedrich Christian Heyder

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About this hymn

Date: 1710
Tune: Ich Sterbe Täglich
Composer: 1756 from Emskirchner Choralbuch
Key: C
Meter: 9 8 9 8 8 8

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Angels, Assurance, Atonement, Blood, Bread (of Life/Daily Bread), Brevity of Life.

1Cor 11:23-29 · Lk 22:17-20 · 7:6 · Mk 14:22-25 · Mt 26:26-28 · Ps 130

Musical background

Ich Sterbe Täglich is presented in the source key of C, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Friedrich C. Heyder, 1710. Translation composite. Music: 'Ich Sterbe Täglich' from Emskirchner Choralbuch, 1756. Setting: "Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book", 1931. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2008 Revision.