050 Grace Before Meat Part Ii
| Author | Charles Wesley |
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| Type | hymn |
| Year | 1739 |
| Passage ID | cw-050-grace-before-meat-part-ii-full |
| Words | 151 |
Grace Before Meat (Part II)
Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739), Part II
Author: Charles Wesley (attributed)
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1 Parent of good, whose plenteous grace
O’er all thy creatures flows,
Humbly we ask thy pow’r to bless
The food thy love bestows.
2 Thy love provides the sober feast:
A second gift impart,
Give us with joy our food to taste
And with a single heart.
3 Let it for thee new life afford,
For thee our strength repair,
Blest by thine all-sustaining word,
And sanctify’d by prayer.
4 Thee let us taste; nor toil below
For perishable meat:
The manna of thy love bestow,
Give us thy flesh to eat.
77Charles included this hymn in a later manuscript selection for family use: MS Family, 13-14.
5 Life of the world, our souls to feed
Thyself descend from high!
Grant us of thee the living bread
To eat, and never die!