BENG-LI

Tune Information

Texts

Crashing waters at creation,
ordered by the Spirit’s breath,
first to witness day’s beginning
from the brightness of night’s death.

Parting water stood and trembled
as the captives passed on through,
washing off the chains of bondage,
channel to a life made new.

Cleansing water once at Jordan
closed around the one foretold,
opened to reveal the glory
ever new and ever old.

Living water, never ending,
quench the thirst and flood the soul.
Wellspring, source of life eternal,
drench our dryness, make us whole.

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Alternative Tunes

• KINGDOM (Copes)
  
• CROSS OF JESUS (Stainer)
  
• OMNI DIE (Corner)
  
• AGAPÉ (Dickinson)
  
• FOR THE BREAD

Media

Instances

Hymns from the Four Winds #36

Tune Title: BENG-LI First Line: For the bread which you have broken Composer: I-to Loh Key: e minor Date: 1983 Source: Taiwanese

Hymns from the Four Winds #36

Moravian Book of Worship #767

Tune Title: BENG-LI First Line: Crashing waters at creation Composer: I-to Loh, 1936- Meter: 8.7.8.7. Key: C Major Date: 1995

Moravian Book of Worship #767

Singing the Living Tradition #102

Tune Title: BENG-LI First Line: We the heirs of many ages Composer: I-to Loh, 1936- Meter: 8.7.8.7. Key: c minor or modal Date: 1993

Singing the Living Tradition #102

Sound the Bamboo #85

Tune Title: BENG-LI First Line: Mī-pau Chú Lí ūí goán lâi peh (For the bread which you have broken) Composer: I-to Loh Key: e minor or modal Date: 2000

Sound the Bamboo #85

The Hymnal 1982 #340

Tune Title: BENG-LI First Line: For the bread which you have broken Composer: I-to Loh, b. 1936 Meter: 87. 87 Key: d minor Date: 1985

The Hymnal 1982 #340

The United Methodist Hymnal #615

Tune Title: BENG-LI First Line: For the bread which you have broken Composer: I-to Loh Meter: 87.87 Key: d minor Date: 1989

The United Methodist Hymnal #615

The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement #43

Tune Title: BENG-LI First Line: [For the bread which you have broken] Date: 1991

The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement #43

The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement II #25

Tune Title: BENG-LI First Line: [For the bread which you have broken] Composer: I-to Loh; Shirley W. McRae Key: F Major Date: 1993

The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement II #25