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AN ANCIENT SACRAMENTAL HYMN




O Bread to pilgrims given,
O Food that angels eat,
O manna sent from heaven,
For heaven-born natures meet:
Give us, for thee long pining,
To eat till richly filled;
Till, earth’s delights resigning,
Our every wish is stilled.


O water, life-bestowing,
Forth from the Saviour’s heart
A fountain purely flowing,
A fount of love thou art:
O let us, freely tasting,
Our burning thirst assuage;
Thy sweetness, never wasting,
Avails from age to age.


Jesus, this feast receiving,
We thee unseen adore;
Thy faithful word believing,
We take, and doubt no more:
Give us, thou true and loving,
On earth to live in thee;
Then, death the veil removing,
Thy glorious face to see.


---Alternative verses---


O water, life-bestowing,
From out the Saviour’s heart
A fountain purely flowing,
A fount of love thou art:
O let us, freely tasting,
Our burning thirst assuage;
Thy sweetness, never wasting,
Avails from age to age.

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LYRICS
Meter: 7 6 7 6 D
Writer(s):
    Trans/Adapted:
      Dates: 1661,1858
      Bible Refs: Jn 6:35;
      LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
      Hymn/Song Book Year Song #
      1983# 620
      1954# 768
      1866# 1051
      MUSIC
      Name: ELWIN
      Meter: 7 6 7 6 D
      Writer(s):
      Dates:
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      LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
      Hymn/Song Book Song # Key
      # 208A
      ALTERNATIVE TUNES
      Name meter
      7 6 7 6 D
      7 6 7 6 D
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