The Hymnbook ‎#446

446. 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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Be known to us in breaking bread
• Title: Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread
• Author: James Montgomery (1825)
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1955
• Scripture:
  Luke 24:30-35
• Topic: Communion, Holy; Love and Communion; Church, The: Lord's Supper, The

Tune Information

• Name: ST. FLAVIAN
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: F Major
• Source: Day's Psalter, 1563
• Notes: Alternative tune, "St. Agnes," Hymn 239.