Ancient and Modern ‎#459

459. 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 Saviour'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
• Latin Title: O esca viatorum
• Translator: John Athelstan Riley (1858-1945) (alt.)
• Meter: 776 776
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  John 6:30-35
  ;
  John 19:34
  ;
  Colossians 3:4
• Topic: Adoration; Future hope; Heaven; Holy Communion; Water
• Source: fFom Mäyntzisch Gesangbuch, 1661
• Copyright: From The English Hymnal, 1906, Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
• Notes: Now Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: INNSBRUCK
• Harmonizer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
• Composer (setting): Heinrich Isaac (C. 1450-1527)
• Meter: 776 776
• Key: F Major
• Source: Traditional song