Helpful thoughts to prepare us for Communion

I have been trying for a long while to track down these words of the old Congregation service for the Lord's Supper. We used to use them when I was a girl and I found them such a helpful introduction to the Communion Service. While I would never want to lose the spontaneity of our non-conformist services I think perhaps we miss out by a wholesale rejection of liturgy, and some of these old pieces of liturgy form a marvellous focus for our thoughts and hearts as we meet together as believers. I especially like the final paragraph:-

"You that do truly and earnestly repent of your sins and are in love and charity with your neighbour, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God and walking henceforth in his holy ways ...draw near with reverence, faith and thanksgiving, and take the Supper of the Lord to your comfort..."

"We do not presume to come to this your table trusting in our own righteousness but in your manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs from your table"

"We come to this sacred table, not because we must but because we may. We come, not to testify to our righteousness but that we sincerely love our Lord Jesus Christ and desire to be his true disciple. We come, not because we are strong but because we are weak. We come not because we have any claim on heaven's rewards but because in our frailty and sin we stand in constant need of heaven's mercy and help."

[See 'Devotional Services for Public Worship' by John Hunter, 1880]