“Jesus, our food from heaven Thou art,
To feed us on our heavenward way:
The Bread of life, our present part,
Affords fresh grace and strength each day:
And Thou dost give our souls to know
The love which makes them overflow.
’Tis known in Thee, that heavenly love;
It brought Thee here that we might live:
It brought Thee from its home above,
Thy flesh and blood for us to give.
This is the love divine we know;
With grateful praise our hearts o’erflow.
The corn of heaven, the mighty’s meat,
Fresh fell for Israel every day;
Upon the dew, this food so sweet
Came down, and round about them lay:
The heavenly type of Him we know,
Whose love has made our hearts o’erflow.
Thus on our journey home we’re fed,
And strengthened by the living Bread;
Whilst to the feast above we’re led,
Which God our Father there has spread;
Where deeper still His love we’ll know,
And sweeter songs shall richly flow.
Then Lord, like Thee in God’s abode,
The journey ended here below:
The Bread which fed us on the road,
As “hidden manna” we shall know.
Thy grace and love our lips shall show,
Their melody to Thee o’erflow.
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H.J. Vine ( - )
H.J. Vine was involved in the early Plymouth Brethren movement. The Plymouth Brethren are a conservative, low church, nonconformist, Evangelical Christian movement whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland in the late 1820s, originating from Anglicanism.Among other beliefs, the group emphasizes sola scriptura, the belief that the Bible is the supreme authority for church doctrine and practice over and above "the [mere] tradition of men" (Mark 7:8). Brethren generally see themselves, not as a denomination, but as a network (or even as a collection of overlapping networks) of like-minded independent churches.