Scripture Verse

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4

Introduction

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John B. Dykes (1823–1876)

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Hymns and Sac­red Po­ems (Lon­don: Stra­han, 1739).

Music: St. Ag­nes John B. Dykes, in Hym­nal for Use in the Eng­lish Church, by John Grey, 1866 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Fountain of all the good we see
Streaming from Heav’n above,
Savior! our faith we act on Thee,
And ex­er­cise our love.

’Tis not the out­ward food we eat
Doth this new strength af­ford,
’Tis Thou, whose pre­sence makes it meat,
Thou the life-giv­ing Word.

Man doth not live by bread alone,
Whate’er Thou wilt can feed;
Thy pow­er con­verts the bread to stone,
And turns the stone to bread.

Thou art our food: we taste Thee now,
In Thee we move and breathe,
Our bo­dies’ on­ly life art Thou,
And all be­sides is death!