Hymns · 1762

A body natural, by food

Details

Hymnal / album Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2

Publisher Farley

Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)

Scripture connections

Expository

This passage is the main idea of the song

I Corinthians 15:42-44

References

Verses this song directly draws from

II Corinthians 5:1-4

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

I Corinthians 15:50 I Corinthians 15:53 Philippians 3:21

Lyrics

A body natural, by food
And sleep sustain’d, to death I give, (I Cor. 15:42-44)
A body spiritual, endued
With nobler qualities, receive, (I Cor. 15:44, Phil. 3:21)
A permanent, etherial frame,
From all material dregs refin’d, (I Cor. 15:50, I Cor. 15:53, II Cor. 5:2-4)
Compos’d of pure angelic flame,
And meet for mine eternal mind. (II Cor. 5:1)