For him they first a table spread,
His soul with hidden manna fed,
Meat to the world unknown:
We only taste the pardning God,
Who eat the flesh, and drink the blood
Of his beloved Son.
We up into his house are brought,
Sinners who sold ourselves for nought
By causeless grace forgiven,
With pardon and salvation blest,
On Him we in his kingdom feast,
And eat the Bread of heaven.
For him they first a table spread
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘And having brought them up into his house, he set a table before them.’ (Gr.)—[Acts 16,] v. 34.” This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” 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 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), pages 376-77.
Publishing: Public Domain