My flesh is meat indeed, and My blood is drink indeed.
John 6:55
Words: Franklin W. Bartlett, in The Living Church, 1885.
Music: Buckland Leighton G. Hayne, 1863 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Bartlett or Hayne (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Savior, who didst come to give
Living bread, that all might live;
Grant me grace on Thee to feed,
For Thy flesh is meat indeed.
Hungry, thirsty, faint, I pray,
Help me on the heav’nward way;
Vine of strength, supply my need,
For Thy blood is drink indeed.