The _Lauda, Sion, Salvatorem_, as it is a much longer hymn, gives more scope for the exposition of the Roman doctrine. For this reason Martin Luther abhorred it, probably also because he had no good opinion of Thomas himself. He accuses him of perverting the Scripture in this hymn, “as though he were the worst enemy of God, or else an idiot.” But this harsh judgment did not succeed in expelling the hymn from the use of the Lutheran churches, and since the Oxford revival it has found its way into other Protestant churches. But the sixth, seventh and eighth verses express the doctrine of transubstantiation so distinctly, that one must have gone as far as Dr. Pusey, who avowed that he held “all Roman doctrine,” before using their words in any but a non-natural sense. In the fine version made by Dr. A. R. Thompson, first published in the _Sunday-School Times_ in 1883, and included in Dr. Robinson’s _Laudes Domini_, only half the hymn is given, those verses being taken which deflect least from the general current of Christian thought about the sacrament. By the author’s kind permission, we give it here with his latest revision: “Sion, to thy Saviour singing, To thy Prince and Shepherd bringing Sweetest hymns of love and praise, Thou wilt never reach the measure Of his worth, by all the treasure Of thy most ecstatic lays. “Of all wonders that can thrill thee, And with adoration fill thee, What than this can greater be, That himself to thee he giveth?— He that eateth, ever liveth— For the bread of life is he. “Fill thy lips to overflowing With sweet praise, his mercy showing, Who this heavenly table spread. On this day so glad and holy, To each longing spirit lowly Giveth he the living Bread. “Here the King hath spread his table, Whereon eyes of faith are able Christ our Passover to trace. Shadows of the law are going, Light and life and truth inflowing, Night to day is giving place. * * * * * “Lo, this angels’ food descending Heavenly love is hither sending, Hungry lips on earth to feed! So the paschal lamb was given, So the manna came from heaven, Isaac was his type indeed. “O good Shepherd, Bread life-giving, Us, thy grace and life receiving, Feed and shelter evermore! Thou on earth our weakness guiding, We in heaven with thee abiding, With all saints will thee adore.”