Scripture Verse

I am the bread of life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst. John 6:35

Introduction

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Lelia N. Morris (1862–1929)
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Words & Mu­sic: Le­lia N. Mor­ris, in Fa­mous Gos­pel Hymns, ed­it­ed by Ed­win O. Ex­cell & Da­ni­el B. Tow­ner (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Bi­ble In­sti­tute Col­port­age As­so­cia­tion, 1907), num­ber 47 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lyrics

Nothing sa­tis­fies but Je­sus,
Bread of life to mor­tals giv’n;
May His pre­sence now re­fresh us
Like the morn­ing dew from Heav’n!

Refrain

Give me Je­sus, give me Je­sus;
Take the world, but give me Je­sus;
To sa­tis­fy with ev­ery bless­ing,
His love and peace my soul pos­sess­ing;
To all be­side my heart re­plies:
There’s naught but Je­sus sa­tis­fies!

Since I heard the voice of Je­sus,
Since mine eyes be­held the King,
All my love, my heart’s af­fect­ion,
All I have to Him I bring.

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With His joy my heart is thrill­ing,
All my hope in Him I see;
Doubt and gloom and fear dis­pell­ing,
Christ is all in all to me!

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