Take, and eat, the Saviour saith

Verse 1
Take, and eat, the Saviour saith,
This my sacred body is!
Him we take and eat by faith,
Feed upon that flesh of his,

Verse 2
All the benefits receive
Which his Passion did procure,
Pardon’d by his grace we live,
Grace which makes salvation sure.

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 291.

Publishing: Public Domain