Cantique : by bread Man shall alone not live

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

by bread Man shall alone not live