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About this Hymn
On the surface a hymn about manna falling around us might seem odd, but this is consistent with what Jesus declared in John 6:32–33: "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." Therefore we ask for God to send life through the living Word and the Holy Breath, the Spirit.
Lyrics
Verse 1
Brethren, we have met to worship and adore the Lord our God; will you pray with all your power, while we try to preach the word? All is vain, unless the Spirit of the Holy One comes down; brethren, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.
Verse 2
Brethren, see poor sinners 'round you slumb'ring on the brink of woe; death is coming, hell is moving; can you bear to let them go? All is vain, unless the Spirit of the Holy One comes down; brethren, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.
Verse 3
Sisters, will you join and help us? Moses' sister aided him. Will you help the trembling mourners who are struggling hard with sin? Tell them all about the Savior; tell them that he will be found; sisters, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.
Verse 4
Let us love our God supremely, let us love each other, too; let us love and pray for sinners, till our God makes all things new. Then he'll call us home to heaven, at his table we'll sit down; Christ will gird himself, and serve us with sweet manna all around.
Brethren, we have met to worship and adore the Lord our God; will you pray with all your power, while we try to preach the word? All is vain, unless the Spirit of the Holy One comes down; brethren, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.
Verse 2
Brethren, see poor sinners 'round you slumb'ring on the brink of woe; death is coming, hell is moving; can you bear to let them go? All is vain, unless the Spirit of the Holy One comes down; brethren, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.
Verse 3
Sisters, will you join and help us? Moses' sister aided him. Will you help the trembling mourners who are struggling hard with sin? Tell them all about the Savior; tell them that he will be found; sisters, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.
Verse 4
Let us love our God supremely, let us love each other, too; let us love and pray for sinners, till our God makes all things new. Then he'll call us home to heaven, at his table we'll sit down; Christ will gird himself, and serve us with sweet manna all around.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: George Askins, 1817
Music: William Moore's Columbian Harmony, 1825; harm. D. E. Dortch, ca. 1905
Music: William Moore's Columbian Harmony, 1825; harm. D. E. Dortch, ca. 1905