I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will never go hungry.
John 6:35
Words: Maintzich Gesangbuch, 1661 (O Esca viatorum). Translated from Latin to English by J. Athelstan Riley, 1906.
Music: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen 15th Century German tune. Adapted by Heinrich Isaac circa 1490. Harmony by Johann S. Bach, 1729 (🔊 pdf nwc).
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.
O stream of love past telling,
O purest fountain welling
From out the Savior’s side!
We faint with thirst; revive us,
Of Thine abundance give us,
And all we need provide.
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.