The Cyber Hymnal ‎#5057

5057. O Living Bread from Heaven

1. O living bread from Heaven,
How hast Thou fed Thy guest!
The gifts Thou now hast given
Have filled my heart with rest.
O wondrous food of blessing,
O cup that heals our woes,
My heart, this gift possessing,
In thankful song o’erflows!

2. My Lord, Thou here hast led me
Within Thy holiest place,
And there Thyself hast fed me
With treasures of Thy grace;
And Thou hast freely given
What earth could never buy,
The Bread of Life from Heaven,
That now I shall not die.

3. Thou givest all I wanted,
The food can death destroy;
And Thou has freely granted
The cup of endless joy.
And Lord, I do not merit
The favor Thou hast shown,
And all my soul and spirit
Bow down before Thy throne.

4. Lord, grant me that, thus strengthened
With heavenly food, while here
My course on earth is lengthened,
I serve with holy fear;
And when Thou call’st my spirit
To leave this world below,
I enter, through Thy merit,
Where joys unmingled flow.

Text Information

• First Line: O living bread from Heaven
• Title: O Living Bread from Heaven
• German Title: Wie wohl hast du gelabet
• Author: Johann Rist (1651)
• Translator (from German): Catherine Winkworth
• Meter: 76.76 D
• Language: English
• Source: Neuer himmlischer Lieder, 1651; Translation in Lyra Germanica, 1858
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: AURELIA
• Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1864)
• Meter: 76.76 D
• Incipit: 33343 32116 54345
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Se­lect­ion of Psalms and Hymns, by C. Kem­ble, 1864
• Copyright: Public Domain