true our manna is Christ

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

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