The grain of wheat, the quicken’d grain

Verse 1
The Grain of wheat, the quicken’d Grain,
Which life and strength to man imparts,
Which doth immortal souls sustain
And chears, and glads our drooping hearts,
We find in Jesus Christ alone,
To all that seek by faith made known.

Verse 2
We hear the word which faith conveys,
That Corn is still in Egypt found,
That mercy rich and gospel-grace
Doth for the worst of men abound,
And sinners taste their Lord reveal’d,
And heathens with his love are fill’d.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘When Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.’—[Acts 7,] v. 12.” 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 The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 204.
Publishing: Public Domain