O, Give Us to Eat

What shall we do

for the de­sert is lone­ly

Here have we lin­gered till close of the day;

Father

’tis night­fall

Thy child­ren are hun­gry

Lord

we shall faint if Thou send us away;

Rugged and cold are the mount­ains be­fore us

If we must per­ish

we’ll die at Thy feet;

Thou hast the bread that en­dur­eth for­ev­er

Savior

dear Sav­ior

O give us to eat.

Grant us a faith that is firm and abid­ing

Faith that re­lies on Thy pro­mise alone;

Willing to trust Thee and wait for Thy bless­ing

Pleading no mer­it

no worth of its own;

Where shall we turn for the sun­light of com­fort

Where but to Thee in this bar­ren re­treat?

Still do we hun­ger and thirst in the de­sert

Savior

dear Sav­ior

O give us to eat.

Thanks for the dew of Thy soul cheer­ing pre­sence

Dropping like rain

as we jour­ney along;

Nourished and fed from Thy store­house of mer­cy

Love be our watch­word

and Je­sus our song;

Only in Thee is our hope of sal­va­tion

Only in Thee is our rap­ture com­plete;

If but the crumbs that may fall from Thy ta­ble

Savior

dear Sav­ior

O give us to eat.