Hymnal: The Pilgrim's Hymn Book
Date: 1816
Compiler: Joseph Thomas
Publisher/Printer: J Foster
First Line: Jesus thou art the living bread
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: CXLVIII
Page Number: 195, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJesus, thou art the living bread
By which our needy souls are fed;
In thee alone thy children find
Enough to fill the starving mind.
Without this bread I starve and die,
No other can my want supply;
But this will suit my wretched case,
Abroad, at home, in ev'ry place.
'Tis this relieves the hungry poor,
Who asks for bread at mercy's door
This living food descends from heav'n,
As manna to the Jews was giv'n.
This precious food my heart revives;
What strength, what nourishment it gives!
O let me evermore be fed,
With this divine celestial bread.