Text: | For the bread and for the wine |
Author: | Horatius Bonar, 1808-89 |
Tune: | EVELYN |
Composer: | Arthur Seymour Sullivan, 1842-1900 |
1 For the bread and for the wine,
for the pledge that seals him mine,
for the words of love divine,
we give you thanks, O Lord.
2 For the feast of love and peace,
bidding all our sorrows cease,
foretaste of the kingdom's bliss,
we give you thanks, O Lord.
3 This the bread and this the wine,
yet to faith the solemn sign
of the heavenly and divine!
we give you thanks, O Lord.
4 Till he comes we take the bread,
type of him on whom we feed,
him who lives and once was dead:
we give you thanks, O Lord.
5 Till he comes we take the cup;
as we at his table sup
eye and heart are lifted up:
we give you thanks, O Lord.
6 For that coming here foreshown,
for that day to man unknown,
for the glory and the throne,
we give you thanks, O Lord.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | For the bread and for the wine |
Author: | Horatius Bonar, 1808-89 (alt.) |
Meter: | 7776 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1999 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | EVELYN |
Composer: | Arthur Seymour Sullivan, 1842-1900 |
Meter: | 7776 |
Key: | G Major |