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The United Methodist Hymnal · No. 624 · Words: Reginald Heber · Tune: EUCHARISTIC HYMN
Bread of the World
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A eucharistic hymn by Reginald Heber (1783–1826), first published posthumously in 1827. It meditates on the broken bread and shed wine of communion as tokens of Christ's grace and the forgiveness of sins.
Verse 1
Bread of the world
in mercy broken,
wine of the soul
in mercy shed,
by whom the words
of life were spoken,
and in whose death
our sins are dead:
Verse 2
Look on the heart
by sorrow broken,
look on the tears
by sinners shed;
and be thy feast
to us the token
that by thy grace
our souls are fed.
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