Cantique : our manna true Christ is

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

our manna true Christ is