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Text:Bread of the world in mercy broken
Author:Reginald Heber, 1783-1826
Tune:RENDEZ A DIEU
Composer:Louis Bourgeois, c. 1510-1561

83. 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.

Text Information
First Line: Bread of the world in mercy broken
Title: Bread of the world in mercy broken
Author: Reginald Heber, 1783-1826
Meter: 98 98 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 2000
Scripture: ;
Topic: Communion; Holy Communion; Suffering and Sorrow (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: RENDEZ A DIEU
Composer: Louis Bourgeois, c. 1510-1561
Meter: 98 98 D
Key: G Major
Source: "Genevan Psalter" (1551)



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