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Text:Bread of the world, in mercy broken
Author:Reginald Heber
Tune:PANIS VITAE
Composer:John S. B. Hodges

332. Bread of the world, in mercy broken

1 Bread of the world in mercy broken,
Wine of the soul, in mercy shed,
By whom the words of life were spoken,
And in whose death our sins are dead:

2 Look on the heart by sorrow broken,
Look on the tears by sinners shed;
And be Thy feast to us the token,
That by Thy grace our souls are fed.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Bread of the world, in mercy broken
Author: Reginald Heber (1827)
Meter: 9s, 8s
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Bread: Living; Christ: Living Bread; Church: Sacraments of (3 more...)
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: PANIS VITAE
Composer: John S. B. Hodges
Meter: 9s, 8s
Notes: Public Domain.



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