THE BREAD OF LIFE by Anon.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Mar 27, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 13.

THE BREAD OF LIFE.

By Anon.

"And when one of them that sat at meat with Him heard these things, he said unto Him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God."

He sighed for something far away—the glow Of heaven's high banquet-hall—the mingled voice Of myriads upon myriads who rejoice In pleasures that no mortal man can know. He longed for blessedness to come; and lo, Beside him, sitting at that earthly board, Unguessed, the Living Bread, the Heavenly Lord, Waited a present blessing to bestow. Ah! when we gather round His table dear And see the mystic Bread and taste the Wine, May we discern Him (by faith's vision clear That rends the veil of sense) waiting to cheer, With His own presence, real and divine, The souls that hunger for Him—now and here!

—Anon.