You help make Hymnary.org possible.

In 2025, more than 10 million people from 200+ countries found hymns, liturgical resources, and encouragement here. If Hymnary has meant something to you this year, would you take a moment to help sustain it? A gift of any size — and a note of encouragement, if you'd like to share one — directly supports the server costs, research, and curation that keep this resource freely available to the world.

Give securely online today, or mail a check to:
Hymnary.org (c/o Calvin University)
3201 Burton Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Thank you for being part of this important online ministry resource.

Click here to donate to Hymnary.org I have already donated. Please don't show this to me again
Text:Christ Was the Word
Author (attributed to):Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
Tune:CLAY COURT
Composer:Richard Hillert

331. Christ Was the Word

Christ was the Word who spake it:
He took the bread and brake it:
And what his word doth make it,
That I believe and take it.

Text Information
First Line: Christ was the Word who spake it
Title: Christ Was the Word
Author (attributed to): Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
Meter: 7.7.7.7.
Publication Date: 1972
Topic: Service for the Lord's Day: After Old Testament Lesson; Sacraments: Lord's Supper
Tune Information
Name: CLAY COURT
Composer: Richard Hillert (1969)
Meter: 7.7.7.7.
Key: e minor
Copyright: Music copyright 1972 by The Westminster Press.



Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.