006 Grace Before Meat Part I
| Author | Charles Wesley |
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| Type | hymn |
| Year | 1739 |
| Passage ID | cw-006-grace-before-meat-part-i-full |
| Words | 125 |
Grace Before Meat (Part I)
Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739), Part I
Author: Charles Wesley (attributed)
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1 Fountain of being, source of good!
At whose almighty breath
The creature proves our bane or food,
Dispensing life or death:
2 Thee we address with humble fear,
Vouchsafe thy gifts to crown;
Father of all, thy children hear,
And send a blessing down.
3 O may our souls for ever pine
Thy grace to taste and see;
Athirst for righteousness divine,
And hungry after thee!
4 For this we lift our longing eyes,
We wait the gracious word;
Speak--and our hearts from earth shall rise,
And feed upon the Lord.
3Charles included this hymn in a later manuscript selection for family use: MS Family, 12.