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My Purchased Files| Text: | Break Thou the Bread of Life |
| Author: | Mary A Lathbury |
| Tune: | BREAD OF LIFE |
| Composer: | William F. Sherwin |
294. Break Thou the Bread of Life
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Break thou the bread of life |
| Title: | Break Thou the Bread of Life |
| Author: | Mary A Lathbury (1877, alt.) |
| Meter: | 64.64D |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Scripture: | ; |
| Topic: | Bible: Nature of, Prophets and Stories |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | BREAD OF LIFE |
| Composer: | William F. Sherwin (1877) |
| Meter: | 64.64D |
| Key: | D♭ Major |
Text Information:
Mary Lathbury, who wrote this hymn for a Chatauqua gathering, reminds us that the 'bread of life' refers to the scriptural word of God rather than the communion bread
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