Glory to God ‎#528

528. Come, Let Us Eat

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Text Information

• First Line: Come, let us eat for now the feast is spread
• Title: Come, Let Us Eat
• Author (sts. 1-3): Billema Kwillia (1960s)
• Translator (sts. 1-3): Margaret D. Miller (1969, alt)
• Author (st. 4): Gilbert E. Doan (1978)
• Meter: 10.10.10.10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 52:7
  ;
  Matthew 18:20
  ;
  Matthew 26:26-29
  ;
  1 Corinthians 11:23-26
• Topic: Eucharist; Evangelism; Lord's Supper; Communion
• Copyright: © The Lutheran World Federation; St. 4 © 1972 Contemporary Worship 4 (admin. Augsburg Fortress)

Tune Information

• Name: A VA DE
• Composer: Billema Kwillia (1960s)
• Adapter: Leland Sateren (1972, alt.)
• Meter: 10.10.10.10
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: © The Lutheran World Federation; Adapt. © 1972 Contemporary Worship 4 (admin. Augsburg Fortress)

Text Information:

This Lord’s Supper hymn in a call-and-response style comes from Liberia, where it was first sung in the Loma language by an indigenous literacy teacher and evangelist. The words and music were taken down then and were later published in a hymnal of the Lutheran World Federation.