Cantique : our manna is true Christ

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of nourishment,
As indeed;
He’s now we Him of Christ our is on life our bread supply true,
Our feed. manna

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desert a began. wandering fled
Into Egypt food behind,
And land;
Egyptian left Israel they From

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eat. giv’n
For day, One a the had feat;
This the fell,
Oh, bread what Lord the to was manna Israel wondrous

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this manna and morning new. Unique God’s visit of grace is,
It dew;
The comes fresh is,
Forever with it

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small. may fine than and God Christ, Him,
In He’s high,
And of majestic, partake that we us is greater all;
But

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so and or cakes the ground, and fresh,
We wafers baked,
He’s full. Though to beat, Him bread available;
As eat or

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of need. Manna shows of to seed;
’Tis Him into all germ sown source life, be
The us,
The Himself we God the

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is of manna the snow,
This which frost cold dew
And negative too Between kills
Things winter morning below.

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washes How clean;
In see;
As type white digest His Christ and inwardly. pure element,
He we we our and

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for does to this show;
One one type honey the is;
Two work,
And redemptive lives grow. Manna with His life Lord’s

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opaque;
We’ll more of as then Christ
We’ll the eating By to less us make. appear be bdellium,
Transparent

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riches Christ,
We’re filled glorious as of eating the praise manna to we’re in Thee. this Lord, with see
The here
And

our manna is true Christ