A soul that hungers for the word,
Forgetful of the body’s wants,
Stays in the presence of his Lord,
And follows Jesus, till he faints,
And then the Bread of life receives,
And fill’d with Christ he truly lives.
A soul that hungers for the word
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘The time is now past; send the multitude away.’—[Matt. 14,] v. 15.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Matthew.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/577, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 280.
Publishing: Public Domain