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Text:Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread
Author:James Montgomery
Tune:ST. AGNES
Composer:John B. Dykes

398. Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread

1 Be known to us in breaking bread,
but do not then depart;
Savior, abide with us, and spread
thy table in our heart.

2 There sup with us in love divine;
thy body and thy blood,
that living bread, that heavenly wine,
be our immortal food.

Text Information
First Line: Be known to us in breaking bread
Title: Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread
Author: James Montgomery (1825)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1995
Scripture:
Topic: The Church at Worship: The Lord's Supper; God's Church: The Church at Worship: The Lord's Supper; Lord's Supper
Tune Information
Name: ST. AGNES
Composer: John B. Dykes (1866)
Meter: CM
Key: G Major



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