"Man shall not live by bread alone,

" Man shall not live by bread alone, But by each word which doth proceed From God's own mouth"; these we must eat And let them be our life indeed.

Not just a body we were made, But body, soul, and spirit too; The inmost part the spirit is To contact God and Him pursue.

Just as we need the earthly food Our body's need to satisfy, We need the food for spirit too- Thyself, Thy Word, its true supply.

Thou art the Spirit, and Thy Word Thy very Self expressed doth make; Thus, it is Spirit as Thyself, Which by our spirit we must take.

Thus, to receive Thy Word is not To read it only with our eyes And understand it in our mind, But 'tis the spirit's exercise.

Thy Word in spirit we must eat And to our inmost part receive; ' Tis by our spirit's exercise To pray with what our minds perceive.

Thy Word remaining in our mind Is only knowledge burdensome, But when it to the spirit goes Then life and spirit it becomes.

' Tis only when our spirit acts To take Thy Word and contact Thee, We truly feed upon Thy Word And touch Thyself most inwardly.

Lord, teach us how to exercise Our spirit when Thy Word we read; Then will our spirit nourished be As thus upon Thyself we feed.