Wesley Corpus

Grace After Meat (Part II) 1 Blest be the God, whose tender care Prevents his children's cry, Whose pity providently near Doth all our wants supply. 2 Blest be the God, whose bounty's79 store These chearing gifts imparts; Who veils in bread, the secret power That feeds and glads our hearts. 3 Fountain of blessings, source of good, To thee this strength we owe, Thou art the virtue of our food, Life of our life below. 4 When shall our souls regain the skies? Thy heav'nly sweetness prove? Fulness of joys shall there arise,80 And all our food be81 love. 79"Bounty's" changed to "bounteous" in 4th edn. (1743) and 5th edn. (1756). 80Changed to "Where joys in all their fullness rise" in 3rd edn. (1739) and following. 81"Be" changed to "is" in 3rd edn. (1739) and following.