Christ is our manna true (Hymn 1147)

Verse 1: Christ is our manna true, Our bread of life indeed; He's our supply of nourishment, As on Him now we feed. Verse 2: From Egypt Israel fled Into a desert land; Egyptian food they left behind, And wandering began. Verse 3: One day, the manna fell, Oh, what a wondrous feat; This was the bread the Lord had giv'n For Israel to eat. Verse 4: Unique this manna is, It comes with morning dew; The visit of God's grace it is, Forever fresh and new. Verse 5: God is majestic, high, And greater than us all; But that we may partake of Him, In Christ, He's fine and small. Verse 6: Though ground, or beat, or baked, He's so available; As bread and cakes and wafers fresh, We eat Him to the full. Verse 7: Manna shows Him to be The germ of life, the seed; ’Tis God Himself sown into us, The source of all we need. Verse 8: Between the morning dew And cold of winter snow, This manna too is frost which kills Things negative below. Verse 9: How pure and white and clean; In type our Christ we see; As we digest His element, He washes inwardly. Verse 10: Manna with honey is; Two lives this type does show; One for the Lord's redemptive work, And one His life to grow. Verse 11: By eating more of Christ We'll be the less opaque; We'll then appear as bdellium, Transparent us to make. Verse 12: Lord, as we're eating here And in the manna see The riches of this glorious Christ, We're filled with praise to Thee.