Blessing and Thanks

1055
Before Meat

OUR Father, bless the bounteous store Wherewith Thou hast our table spread, With grateful songs we all adore, And bless the hand by which we're fed.

Charles H. Spurgeon, 1866

1056

Before Meat

HEAVENLY Father, grant Thy blessing On the food before us spread, All our tongues are now confessing, By Thy hand alone we're fed, And Thou givest, Best of all, the living bread.

Charles H. Spurgeon, 1866

1057

Before Meat

BE present at our table, Lord, Be here and everywhere adored, These mercies bless, and grant that we May feast in Paradise with Thee.

John Cennick, 1741, a

1058

After Meat

JOIN to bless the bounteous Giver, For the food He here bestows; From His goodness like a river Every earthly blessing flows.

Charles H. Spurgeon, 1866

1059

After Meat

WE thank Thee, Father, for the love Which feeds us here below, And hope in fairer realms above, Celestial feasts to know.

Charles H. Spurgeon, 1866