This is a guided tour through music and arts coming from various Christian worship traditions around the world, plus a few other things of related interest such as multicultural musics.
“All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly”
David T. Belt lives in Minneapolis and leads worship at Restoration Anglican Church.
David took a hymn text by Sylvia G. Dunstan, published in 1991, and composed a new melody (related to the original shape-note melody called ‘Holy Manna’ also used for ‘Brethren We Have Met To Worship’).
He sings it here, accompanied by Christie Fitch on harmony vocal.
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Lyrics
© 1991, GIA Publications, Inc.
Song information at
https://hymnary.org/text/all_who_hunger_gather_gladly
A short article references the hymn, at
https://hymnary.org/files/articles/Morris%2C%20All%20Who%20Hunger%20Gather%20Glad.pdf
An excerpt:
‘All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly’ is an exquisite text of invitation which entwines first and second testament references of manna in the wilderness and strong eucharistic imagery, nd then urges the singer/reader/hearer to experience first-hand the ultimate sensation: “Taste and see that God is good” (Psalm 34).
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Dr. Michael Hawn writes about Sylvia’s compositions, and this hymn text in particular, in this history of the hymn:
https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/history-of-hymns-all-who-hunger
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Here’s a great folksy arrangement of the hymn text with the original melody: