true manna is our Christ

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feed. Christ manna we Him bread of life our on of is our true,
Our indeed;
He's now nourishment,
As supply
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fled
Into behind,
And Israel a wandering began. left they Egypt food land;
Egyptian From desert
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fell,
Oh, to the bread a Lord giv'n
For day, One had was wondrous feat;
This eat. the what manna Israel the
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God's dew;
The of grace this comes and with visit manna fresh Unique it morning new. is,
It is,
Forever
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Him,
In high,
And fine small. and He's us that may than of Christ, partake is majestic, God greater we all;
But
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full. eat fresh,
We baked,
He's cakes Him to the Though bread and and so ground, available;
As wafers or or beat,
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all we life, Him to shows sown into of us,
The germ seed;
’Tis Himself be
The God need. Manna the of source
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below. of Between manna snow,
This cold winter frost morning kills
Things dew
And too which negative is the
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element,
He and type we white Christ pure His see;
As and clean;
In our we How inwardly. washes digest
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His for to the type one this grow. show;
One redemptive honey is;
Two with Lord's Manna work,
And does lives life
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as be then make. more appear the to Christ
We'll bdellium,
Transparent eating of By less us opaque;
We'll
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here
And this the in manna eating see
The of with riches as Christ,
We're Lord, praise we're glorious filled to Thee.

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