The Breaking of Bread

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Dear Lord, we break the bread

Author: Ellis J. Crum
Tune: [Break Thou the bread of life] (Sherwin)
Published in 5 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	The Cross Before Me (Flexible Piano Medl…

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	Dear Lord, we break the bread
Title:	The Breaking of Bread
Author:	Ellis J. Crum
Meter:	6.4.6.4 S
Language:	English
Copyright:	© Eliis J. Crum (admin. by Sacred Selections)

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Tune

[Break Thou the bread of life] (Sherwin)

William F. Sherwin (PHH 8) composed BREAD OF LIFE in 1877 for the stanzas by Lathbury when he was the music director for the Chautauqua Institution. A good fit for the hymn text, BREAD OF LIFE is a quiet tune, meditative in tone but with a fine climax in its final phrase. Sing this tune in harmony a…

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