Scripture Verse

I am the living bread which came down from Heaven. John 6:51

Introduction

Words: Ro­bert H. Baynes, 1864.

Music: Mel­ford M. B. F, 1886, in The Hym­nal (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Pres­by­ter­ian Board of Pub­li­ca­tion & Sabbath-School Work, 1907), num­ber 330 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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If you know the com­pos­er’s name, or where to get a good pic­ture of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Robert H. Baynes
(1831–1895)
National Portrait Gallery

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Lyrics

Jesus, to Thy ta­ble led,
Now let ev­ery heart be fed
With the true and liv­ing Bread.

While in pe­ni­tence we kneel,
Thy sweet pre­sence let us feel,
All Thy won­drous love re­veal.

While on Thy dear cross we gaze,
Mourning o’er our sin­ful ways,
Turn our sad­ness in­to praise.

When we taste the mys­tic wine,
Of Thine out­poured blood the sign,
Fill our hearts with love di­vine.

Draw us to Thy wound­ed side,
Whence there flowed the heal­ing tide;
There our sins and sor­rows hide.

From the bonds of sin re­lease,
Cold and wa­ver­ing faith in­crease;
Lamb of God, grant us Thy peace.

Lead us by Thy pierc­èd hand,
Till around Thy throne we stand
In the bright and bet­ter land.