Hymns for Celebration ‎#20

20. O Bread to pilgrims given

1 O Bread to pilgrims given,
O Food that angels eat,
O Manna sent from heaven,
For heav'n-bom natures meet:
Give us, for thee long pining,
To eat till richly filled;
Till, earth's delights resigning,
Our every wish is stilled.

2 O Fountain, purely flowing
Forth from that sacred heart,
Our Saviour's grace bestowing,
True wine of life thou art.
O let us, freely tasting,
Our spirits' thirst assuage;
Thy goodness, never wasting,
Avails from age to age.

3 Jesus, this feast receiving,
We thee unseen adore;
Thy faithful word believing,
We take, and doubt no more:
Give us, thou true and loving,
On earth to live in thee;
Then, death the veil removing,
Thy glorious face to see.

Text Information

• First Line: O Bread to pilgrims given
• Latin Title: O esca viatorum
• Translator: Ray Palmer (1808-87)
• Meter: 76.76.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1974
• Topic: Holy Communion: At the Communion
• Source: Maintzisch Gesangbuch, 1661
• Copyright: The altered text of No. 20 is the copyright of The Royal School of Church Music.
• Notes: and Compilers

Tune Information

• Name: PASSION CHORALE
• Composer: H. L. Hassler (1564-1612)
• Arranger: J. S. Bach
• Meter: 76.76.D.
• Key: C Major
• Source: St Matthew Passion (1729)
• Notes: Two versions: Second Version (for one or more verses by the Choir alone)