Text: | Break Thou the Bread of Life |
Author: | Mary A. Lathbury |
Author (v. 3-4): | Alexander Groves |
Tune: | BREAD OF LIFE |
Composer: | William Fiske Sherwin |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. Break Thou the bread of life, dear Lord, to me,
As Thou didst break the loaves beside the sea;
Beyond the sacred page I seek Thee, Lord;
My spirit pants for Thee, O living Word!
2. Bless Thou the truth, dear Lord, to me, to me,
As Thou didst bless the bread by Galilee;
Then shall all bondage cease, all fetters fall;
And I shall find my peace, my all in all.
3. Thou art the bread of life, O Lord, to me,
Thy holy Word the truth that saveth me;
Give me to eat and live with Thee above;
Teach me to love Thy truth, for Thou art love.
4. O send Thy Spirit, Lord, now unto me,
That He may touch my eyes, and make me see:
Show me the truth concealed within Thy Word,
And in Thy Book revealed I see the Lord.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Break Thou the bread of life, dear Lord, to me |
Title: | Break Thou the Bread of Life |
Author: | Mary A. Lathbury (1877) |
Author (v. 3-4): | Alexander Groves (1913) |
Language: | English |
Source: | Wesleyan Methodist Magazine (London: September 1913). |
Notes: | Lathbury wrote this hymn, and "Day Is Dying in the West," on the shores of Lake Chautauqua, New York. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BREAD OF LIFE |
Composer: | William Fiske Sherwin (1877) |
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