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Text:Be known to us in breaking bread
Author:James Montgomery, 1771-1854
Tune:BELMONT
Composer:William Gardiner, 1770-1853

282. Be known to us in breaking bread

1 Be known to us in breaking bread,
but do not then depart;
Saviour, abide with us, and spread
thy table in our heart.

2 There sup with us in love divine,
thy body and thy blood,
that living bread, that heavenly wine,
be our immortal food.

Text Information
First Line: Be known to us in breaking bread
Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2000
Scripture: ;
Topic: Holy Communion; Proper 13: Year B
Tune Information
Name: BELMONT
Composer: William Gardiner, 1770-1853
Meter: CM
Key: A♭ Major
Source: Harmonized in Revised Church Harmony, 1927, slightly altered



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