446. Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread

1 Be known to us in breaking bread,
But do not then depart;
Saviour, 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.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Be known to us in breaking bread
Title: Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread
Author: James Montgomery (1825)
Meter: C. M.
Publication Date: 1955
Scripture:
Topic: Communion, Holy; Love and Communion; Church, The: Lord's Supper, The
Tune Information
Name: ST. FLAVIAN
Meter: C. M.
Key: F Major
Source: Day's Psalter, 1563
Notes: Alternative tune, "St. Agnes," Hymn 239.



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