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Text:Bread of the world, in mercy broken!
Author:Bp. R. Heber, 1783-1826
Tune:AGAPE
Composer:Rev. C. J. Dickinson, 1822-1883

256. 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!
Author: Bp. R. Heber, 1783-1826
Language: English
Publication Date: 1917
Topic: Adoration: Of God; Bread: Of Life; Christ: Bread of Heaven (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: AGAPE
Composer: Rev. C. J. Dickinson, 1822-1883
Meter: 9.8.9.8
Key: G Major or modal



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