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I Am the Bread of Life
I am thy life thou shalt upon me feedAnd daily eat my flesh and drink my blood
For nothing else than me canst thou have need
Thou art a spirit I the spirit's food
Come eat and thou shalt ask for bread no more
Come drink and thou shalt never thirsting cry again
I shall be in thee an increasing store
A spring forever swollen by the rain
Drink freely thou hast found the stream of life
In deeps where few have sought its healing wave
Thou hast fought well with sin the mortal strife
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Abide in me and I will lead you on
Till you the Father's home in me have won.
Poem No. 209; fall 1838–summer 1839
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