Hymn: not by alone live Man bread shall

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be let proceed
From not by our these each own by eat
And indeed. alone,
But must live them we God’s word bread which mouth”; “Man doth life shall

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and inmost soul, Not contact spirit a part the is
To body just and too;
The spirit God pursue. Him were we body, made,
But

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true we need for supply. the food to too—
Thyself, body’s earthly Just food
Our its spirit need need as Word, Thy satisfy,
We the

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as Thyself,
Which Thy very spirit our it Spirit, must Word
Thy make;
Thus, the take. and by art is doth we expressed Thou Spirit Self

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understand is our only Word Thus, ’tis in it our not
To spirit’s to read the eyes
And receive Thy exercise. mind,
But with it

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must exercise
To spirit with inmost we our Word Thy what part in receive;
’Tis pray our spirit’s our by to minds eat
And perceive.

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burdensome,
But to Word only the and Thy our becomes. knowledge spirit it when goes
Then spirit life mind
Is in it remaining

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’Tis only Thyself take acts
To inwardly. Thy touch our Thee,
We spirit when Word
And Thy contact and truly feed Word upon most

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exercise
Our when thus our Lord, teach we will nourished Thy spirit how us Thyself feed. be
As we upon spirit Word to read;
Then

not by alone live Man bread shall