1 O bread of life from heaven,
O food to pilgrims given,
O manna from above:
feed with the blessed sweetness
of your divine completeness
the souls that want and need your love.
2 O fount of grace redeeming,
O river ever streaming
from Jesus' wounded side:
come now, your love bestowing
on thirsting souls, and flowing
till all are fully satisfied.
3 We love you, Jesus, tender,
in all your hidden splendor
within these means of grace.
Oh, let the veil be riven,
and our clear eye in heaven
behold your glory face to face.
Schaff, Philip, D.D., LL.D., was born at Chur, Switzerland, Jan. 1, 1819. He studied at the Universities of Tübingen, Halle, and Berlin. In 1843 he was appointed a Professor in the German Reformed Theological Seminary at Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., and in 1870 Professor of Sacred Literature in the Union Seminary, New York. As translator, author, and editor, Dr. Schaff holds high rank, both in Great Britain and America. The various Histories and Encyclopedias which he has edited are standard works. His knowledge of hymnology is extensive, and embraces hymns in many languages and of all ages, his speciality being German hymnody. The hymnological works which he has edited alone, or jointly with others, are:—
(1) Deutsches Gesangbuch… Go to person page >
Author: Anonymous
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Display Title: O Bread of Life from HeavenFirst Line: O bread of life from HeavenTune Title: O WELT, ICH MUSS DICH LASSENAuthor: Hugh T. Henry; Philip SchaffSource: Maintzich Gesangbuch, 1661; translation in Christ in Song (New York: 1869), and in the American Catholic Hymnal, 1913
Display Title: O Bread of Life from HeavenFirst Line: O Bread of life from heavenTune Title: INNSBRUCKAuthor: Philip Schaff, 1819-1893Meter: 776 778Date: 1994Subject: Communion | ; Word of God |Source: Latin hymn, 1661
Display Title: O Bread of Life From HeavenFirst Line: O Bread of life from heavenTune Title: O WELT, ICH MUSS DICH LASSENAuthor: P. Schaff, 1819-1893; UnknownMeter: 776 778Date: 1996Subject: Jesus, Bread of Life | ; Lent 4 |
Display Title: O Bread of Life from HeavenFirst Line: O bread of life from heavenTune Title: O WELT, ICH MUSS DICH LASSENAuthor: Hugh T. Henry, 1862-1946; Philip Schaff, 1819-1893Meter: 7 7 6 7 7 8Date: 2006Subject: Expanded Images for God | ; Holy Communion |Source: Latin hymn, c. 1661
Display Title: O Bread of Life from HeavenFirst Line: O Bread of Life from heavenTune Title: BREAD OF LIFEAuthor: Anonymous; Philip Schaff, 1819-1893Meter: 77 67. 76Date: 2009Source: 17th-century hymn