Houghton-le-Spring (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)

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Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2007-11-14).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 24 kbytes       Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: SATB version from the Cyber Hymnal™ - File Sizes: PDF: 24 KB, MIDI: 2 KB, NoteWorthy Composer: 1 KB

General Information

Title: Houghton-le-Spring
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymns     Meter:   77. 77. 77

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
Published: Tune: Houghton-le-Spring, Sam­u­el S. Wes­ley, 1860; Lyrics: Jo­si­ah Con­der, The Star in the East, 1824, p. 57.

Description:

External websites:

• Cyber Hymnal™ entry for Houghton-le-Spring

Original text and translations

English text

1.

Bread of Heav’n on Thee we feed,

For Thy flesh is meat indeed:

Ever may our souls be fed

With this true and living Bread;

Day by day with strength supplied,

Through the life of Him Who died.

2.

Vine of Heav’n, Thy blood supplies

This blest cup of sacrifice,

Lord, Thy wounds our healing give,

To Thy cross we look and live:

Jesus, may we ever be

Grafted, rooted, built in Thee.

Lyrics: Jo­si­ah Con­der, The Star in the East, 1824 (altered).

Con­der’s orig­in­al text:

1.

Bread of Heav’n! on Thee I feed,

For Thy flesh is meat indeed.

Ever may my soul be fed

With this true and living bread;

Day by day with strength supplied,

Through the life of Him who died.

2.

Vine of Heav’n! Thy blood supplies

This blest cup of sacrifice.

’Tis Thy wounds my healing give:

To Thy cross I look and live.

Thou my life! oh, let me be

Rooted, grafted, built on Thee.

Lyrics: Jo­si­ah Con­der, The Star in the East, 1824.