The Hymnal 1982 ‎#309

309. O Food to pilgrims given

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.

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.

3. O Jesus, by thee bidden,
we here adore thee, hidden
in forms of bread and wine.
Grant when the veil is riven,
we may behold, in heaven,
thy countenance divine.

Text Information

• First Line: O Food to pilgrims given
• Translator: John Athelstan Lurie Riley, 1858-1945 (alt.)
• Meter: 776. D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1985
• Topic: Holy Eucharist
• Source: Latin, 1661
• Copyright: By permission of Oxford University Press.
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: O WELT, ICH MUSS DICH LASSEN
• Composer (melody, attr.): Heinrich Isaac, 1858-1945 (alt.)
• Harmonizer: Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750
• Meter: 776. D
• Key: F Major