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434b. Christ bids us break the bread

1 Christ bids us break the bread
and share the cup he gave,
in token of the blood he shed
for those he died to save.

2 It was for us he came,
to bear, by human birth,
a crown of thorn, a cross of shame,
for every child of earth.

3 The Saviour crucified
in glory rose again:
we here remember him who died,
ascended now to reign.

4 Our hearts his word obey,
in thankfulness and love:
we feed on Christ by faith today
and feast with him above.

5 O Christ, once lifted up
that we might be forgiven,
we take the bread and drink the cup
and share the life of heaven.

Text Information

• First Line: Christ bids us break the bread
• Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926)
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Matthew 26:26-29
  ;
  John 12:32
  ;
  1 Corinthians 11:23-26
• Topic: Atonement; Church Year: Good Friday; Church Year: Easter; Church Year: Ascension; Heaven; Holy Communion; Jesus: Life and Ministry; Obedience
• Copyright: © Timothy Dudley-Smith in Europe and Africa; © Hope Publishing Company for the United States of America and the rest of world. Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

Tune Information

• Name: FRANCONIA
• Adapter: William Henry Havergal (1793-1870)
• Meter: SM
• Key: D Major
• Source: J.B. König's Harmonischer Lieder-Schatz, Frankfurt, 1738