Wesley Corpus

To Be Sung at Meals Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems (1740), Part I Author: Charles Wesley (attributed) --- To Be Sung at Meals.52 Come let us lengthen out the feast, To thankfulness improve, God in his gifts delight to taste, And pay them back in love. His providence supplies our needs, And life and strength imparts; His open hand our bodies feeds, And fills with joy our hearts. But will he not our souls sustain, And nourish with his grace? Yes: for thou wilt not say, in vain My people seek my face. See then we take thee at thy word, With confidence draw nigh, We claim, and of thy Spirit, Lord, Expect a fresh supply. The sinner, when he comes to thee, His fond pursuit gives o’er, From nature’s sickly cravings free, He pines for earth no more. 52Charles included this hymn in a later manuscript selection for family use: MS Family, 14-15.