manna our true Christ is

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

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