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The United Methodist Hymnal · No. 631 · Words: Attr. anon. Latin, 17th cent.; tr. J. A. L. Riley, 1906 · Tune: O WELT, ICH MUSS DICH LASSEN
O Food to Pilgrims Given
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →An English translation of the anonymous 17th-century Latin eucharistic hymn 'O esca viatorum,' expressing the soul's hunger and thirst for Christ received in the bread and wine of Communion, and closing with a longing to behold his face in heaven.
Verse 1
O food to pilgrims given,
O bread of life
from heaven,
O manna from on high!
We hunger; Lord,
supply us,
nor thy delights
deny us,
whose hearts
to thee draw nigh.
Verse 2
O stream of love
past telling,
O purest fountain,
welling from out the
Savior’s side!
We faint with thirst;
revive us,
of thine abundance
give us,
and all we need provide.
Verse 3
O Jesus, by thee bidden,
we here adore thee,
hidden in forms
of bread and wine.
Grant when the veil is risen,
we may behold, in heaven,
thy countenance divine.
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