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Text: | For the Bread Which You Have Broken |
Author: | Louis FitzGerald Benson |
Tune: | KINGDOM |
Composer: | V. Earle Copes |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 For the bread which you have broken,
for the wine which you have poured,
for the words which you have spoken,
now we give you thanks, O Lord.
2 By this promise that you love us,
by your gift of peace restored,
by your call to heaven above us,
hallow all our lives, O Lord.
3 With the saints who now adore you
seated at the heavenly board,
may the church still waiting for you
keep love's tie unbroken, Lord.
4 In your service, Lord, defend us;
in our hearts keep watch and ward;
in the world to which you send us
let your kingdom come, O Lord.
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First Line: | For the bread which you have broken |
Title: | For the Bread Which You Have Broken |
Author: | Louis FitzGerald Benson (1924, alt.) |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Eucharist; Lord's Supper; Service(1 more...) |
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Name: | KINGDOM |
Composer: | V. Earle Copes (1959) |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7 |
Key: | G Major |
The author of this text, the editor of several Presbyterian hymnals, was the foremost American hymnologist of the early 20th century. Although some of his language in this text echoes early hymns of the church, he is writing here not as a scholar but as a person of deep faith.
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |