Text:O Bread of Life from Heaven
Translator (from Latin): Philip Schaff
Translator (from Latin): Hugh T. Henry
Tune:O WELT, ICH MUSS DICH LASSEN
Adapter:Hein­rich Isaac
Harmonizer: Jo­hann S. Bach
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4695. O Bread of Life from Heaven

1. O bread of life from Heaven,
O food to pilgrims given,
O manna from above:
Feed with the blessèd sweetness
Of Your divine completeness
The souls that want and need Your love.

2. O fount of grace redeeming,
O river ever streaming,
From Jesus’ wounded side:
Come now, Your love bestowing
On thirsting souls, and flowing
Till all are fully satisfied.

3. We love You, Jesus, tender,
In all Your hidden splendor
Within these means of grace.
Oh, let the veil be riven,
And our clear eye in Heaven
Behold Your glory face to face.

Text Information
First Line: O bread of life from Heaven
Title: O Bread of Life from Heaven
Latin Title: O Esca viatorum
Translator (from Latin): Philip Schaff
Translator (from Latin): Hugh T. Henry
Language: English
Source: Maintzich Gesangbuch, 1661; translation in Christ in Song (New York: 1869), and in the American Catholic Hymnal, 1913
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Al­ter­nate tune: O BREAD OF LIFE, adapt­ed from Hein­rich Isaac by F. Mel­i­us Chris­tian­sen, 1871-1955
Tune Information
Name: O WELT, ICH MUSS DICH LASSEN
Harmonizer: Jo­hann S. Bach (1729)
Adapter: Hein­rich Isaac (c. 1490)
Incipit: 31234 55334 55231
Key: F Major
Source: 15th Cen­tu­ry Ger­man mel­o­dy
Copyright: Public Domain



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