Blest be the Lord, for ever blest

Verse 1
Blest be the Lord forever blest
Who bought us with a price,
And bids his ransom’d servants feast
On his great sacrifice.

Verse 2
Thy blood was shed upon the cross
To wash us white as snow,
Broken for us thy body was
To feed our souls below.

Verse 3
Now on the sacred table laid
Thy flesh becomes our food,
Thy life is to our souls convey’d
In sacramental blood.

Verse 4
We eat the offerings of our peace,
The hidden manna prove,
And only live t’ adore and bless
Thine all-sufficient love.

Hymnal/Album: Introduced in a hymnal jointly credited to John and Charles Wesley; it is likely though not fully certain that Charles wrote it. Introduced in Hymns on the Lord's Supper, published by John and Charles Wesley (Bristol: Felix Farley, 1745).Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 3 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 263.
Publishing: Public Domain