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For Bread before Us Broken

Author: Roy A. Cheville Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 3 hymnals

Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 586 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Alexander Ewing, 1830-1895 Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 12143 21351 75665 Used With Text: For Bread before Us Broken

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For Bread before Us Broken

Author: Roy A. Cheville, 1897-1986 Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #524 (2013) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Lyrics: 1 For bread before us broken, for wine before us poured, for words which you have spoken, we give you thanks, O Lord. In prayer that we'll be strengthened and be again restored, in faith that you will aid us, we seek your table, Lord. 2 We join in solemn promise, here at this holy board, that we may be more worthy to have your Spirit, Lord. For service now endow us, assured of watch and ward, and send us forth united to build your kingdom, Lord. Topics: Communion; Restoration Heritage; Renewal Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 Languages: English Tune Title: EWING

For Bread Before Us Broken

Author: Roy A. Cheville, 1897 - Hymnal: Hymns of the Saints #340 (1982) Topics: Beauty; Lord's Supper; Mission; Thanks, Thanksgiving Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 Languages: English Tune Title: EWING

For bread before us broken

Author: Roy A. Cheville Hymnal: The Hymnal #268 (1956) Topics: Communion Service; The Kingdom; Lord's Supper; Service; Holy Spirit; The Church and The Sacraments Lord's Supper Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 Tune Title: EWING

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A. Ewing

1830 - 1895 Person Name: Alexander Ewing, 1830-1895 Composer of "EWING" in Community of Christ Sings Alexander C (Rex) Ewing United Kingdom 1830-1895. Born at Aberdeen,Scotland, he studied music and German at Heidelberg University and law in Aberdeen. However, he did not qualify as a lawyer. A member of the Aberdeen Harmonic Choir and the Hadyn Society of Aberdeen, he was regarded as the most talented young musician in the city. He became an author, musician, editor, composer, and translator. He married Juliana Horatia Gatty in 1867. She died in 1885, and he remarried Elizabeth Margaret Cumby in 1886. He was a career officer in the British Army's Commissariat Department and subsequently the Army Pay Corps. He served at Constantinople during the Crimean War, thereafter in China for six years, then in Ireland during the Fenian Uprising. He was then in New Brunswick just after England created the British North American Act, creating the Dominion of Canada. He then went to Fredericton, where he played the organ and sang at Christ Church Cathedral. He was transferred to Aldershot. In 1879 he went to Malta, then served in Ceylon before returning to England. He reached the rank of Lt. Col. He translated several works by other authors. He retired and spent the last six years of his life in Taunton, England, where he died. John Perry