GRACE before MEAT. Rev. Charles Wesley Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T31323 K034809.000 Wesley, John, 1703-1791. Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788. Hymns and sacred poems: Published by John Wesley, ... and Charles Wesley, ... London printed by William Strahan; and sold by James Hutton; and at Mr. Bray's 1739 pp. 215-216. x,[6],223,[1]p.; 12⁰.

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GRACE before MEAT . I. PARENT of Good , whose plenteous Grace O'er all thy Creatures flows , Humbly we ask thy Pow'r to bless The Food thy Love bestows . II . Thy Love provides the sober Feast : A Second Gift impart , Give us with Joy our Food to taste And with a Single Heart . III . Let it for Thee new Life afford , For Thee our Strength repair , Blest by thine all-sustaining Word , And sanctify'd by Prayer . IV . Thee let us taste ; nor toil below For perishable Meat : The Manna of thy Love bestow , Give us thy Flesh to eat . V. Life of the World , our Souls to feed Thyself descend from high ! Grant us of Thee the Living Bread To eat , and never die !