Christ My Song - 653
Away from earth my spirit turns - The bread of life
(Ray Palmer/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
The bread of life.
"If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever."
(John 6,51)
1. Away from earth my spirit turns,
away from every transient good:
with strong desire my bosom burns
to feast on heaven's diviner food. (PDF - Midi)
2. Thou, Saviour, art the living bread;
thou wilt my every want supply;
by thee sustained and cheered and led,
I'll press through dangers to the sky.
3. What though temptations oft distress,
and sin assails, and breaks my peace;
thou wilt uphold and save and bless,
and bid the storms of passion cease.
4. Then let me take thy gracious hand,
and walk beside thee onward still;
till my glad feet shall safely stand
for ever firm on Zion's hill.
1833.
Ray Palmer, in: The Poetical Works of Ray Palmer, 1876, 34.