Jesu, on Thee we feed

Verse 1
Jesu on thee we feed
Along the desart way,
Thou art the living bread
Which doth our spirits stay,
And all who in this banquet join
Lean on the staff of life divine.

Verse 2
While to thy upper courts
We take our joyful flight
Thy blessed cross supports
Each feeble Israelite,
Like hoary dying Jacob we
Lean on our staff, and worship thee.

Verse 3
O may we still abide
In thee our pard’ning God,
Thy Spirit be our guide,
Thy body be our food,
Till thou who hast the token given
Shalt bear us on thyself to heaven.

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 297.
Publishing: Public Domain