The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4711

4711. O Bread to Pilgrims Given

1. O bread to pilgrims given,
O food that angels eat,
O manna sent from Heaven,
For Heav’n-born 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 Water, life-bestowing,
Forth from the Savior’s heart,
A fountain purely flowing,
A fount of love Thou art:
O let us, freely tasting,
Our burning thirst assuage;
Thy sweetness, 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
• Title: O Bread to Pilgrims Given
• Latin Title: O Esca viatorum
• Translator (from Latin): Ray Palmer
• Meter: 76.76 D
• Language: English
• Source: Maintzich Gesangbuch, 1661; translation in Sabbath Hymn Book, 1858, number 1051
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: FESTUM DEI
• Composer: William Wallace Gilchrist (1895)
• Meter: 76.76 D
• Incipit: 35175 65564 21135
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain