Bread of Heaven, on Thee We Feed

Bread of Heav’n on Thee we feed,
For Thy flesh is meat indeed:
Ever may our souls be fed
With this true and living Bread;
Day by day with strength supplied,
Through the life of Him Who died.

Vine of Heav’n, Thy blood supplies
This blest cup of sacrifice,
Lord, Thy wounds our healing give,
To Thy cross we look and live:
Jesus, may we ever be
Grafted, rooted, built in Thee.

Bread of Heav’n! on Thee I feed,
For Thy flesh is meat indeed.
Ever may my soul be fed
With this true and living bread;
Day by day with strength supplied,
Through the life of Him who died.

Vine of Heav’n! Thy blood supplies
This blest cup of sacrifice.
’Tis Thy wounds my healing give:
To Thy cross I look and live.
Thou my life! oh, let me be
Rooted, grafted, built on Thee.

Author: Josiah Conder

Year: 1824

This hymn is a well-known communion text by the English Congregationalist hymnwriter Josiah Conder (1789–1855). It first appeared in his collection The Star of the East (1824) and is sometimes known by its first line as 'Bread of Heaven, on Thee We Feed.' The slight variations between the two stanzas shown are typical of different editions or adaptations.