311. Bread of heaven, on Thee we feed
Josiah Conder, 1789-1855
The hymn appeared in the author’s Star of the East, 1821, as “Bread of heaven, on Thee I feed.” The first person singular was altered to the plural throughout, and other changes made, improving the original.
For comments on Josiah Conder see [Hymn 247].
MUSIC. ALETTA is by the American composer of popular church and Sunday school music, William B. Bradbury, 1816-68. For further comments on Bradbury see [Hymn 103].
Conder’s hymn may also be sung to “Nicht so traurig” ([538]).