GRACE before MEAT.

GRACE before MEAT.

I.

FOuntain of Being, Source of Good! At whose Almighty Breath The Creature proves our Bane or Food, Dispensing Life or Death:

II.

Thee we address with humble Fear, Vouchsafe thy Gifts to crown; Father of All, thy Children hear, And send a Blessing down.

III.

O may our Souls for ever pine Thy Grace to taste and see; Athirst for Righteousness Divine, And hungry after Thee!

IV.

For this we lift our longing Eyes, We wait the gracious Word; Speak — and our Hearts from Earth shall rise, And feed upon the Lord.