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240 3 Like them, we have a rest in view, Secure from adverse pow rs ; Like them, we pass a desert too, But Isr'el's God is ours.

4 Yes, in this barren wilderness He is to us the same, By his appointed means of grace, As once he was to them.

5 His word a light before us spreads. By which our path we see ; His love, a banner o er our heads. From harm preserves us free.

6 Jesus, the bread of life, is giv n To be our daily food ; We drink a wondrous stream from heav n, Tis water, wine, and blood.

7 Lord, tis enough, I ask no more ; These blessings are divine ; I envy not the worldling s store If Christ and heav n are mine.

1 REFRESHED by the bread and wine, The pledges of our Saviour s love, Now let our hearts and voices join In songs of praise with those above.

2 Do they sing, &quot;Worthy is the Lamb&quot;? Although we cannot reach their strains, Yet we through grace can sing the same, For us he died, for us he reigns.

3 If they behold him face to face, While we a glimpse can only see, Yet, equal debtors to his grace, As safe and as beloved are we.

4 They had, like us, a suff'ring time, Our cares and fears and griefs they knew ;