Religion
John 6:49–51: Form'd in the region of the air
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
Form'd in the region of the air.
The figure might their strength repair,
Awhile from death reprieve,
But the true Bread from heaven sent down.
Who taste in God's eternal Son,
We evermore shall live.
While in this wilderness we dwell,
Our living, quickening Principle,
Thou Saviour from above
Dost with Thyself vouchsafe to feed,
And daily through Thy members spread
The life of faith and love.
Long as eternal ages last.
Our food shall neither cloy nor waste,
Our souls with love.supplied
Shall on Jehovah's fulness feast.
In Thee alone for ever bless'd,
For ever satisfied.
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MLA
Wesley, Charles. “John 6:49–51: Form'd in the region of the air.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5604/.
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Wesley, Charles. “John 6:49–51: Form'd in the region of the air.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5604/.
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