manna Christ true our is

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

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