Bread of the World, In Mercy Broken

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Instrumental Only?
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Description

Two-part (mixed) choir and organ. An easy and perfectly fetching communion anthem based on the hymn-tune Rendez à Dieu. Hymn text by Reginald Heber. One rehearsal will do it!  Rehearsal tracks are available from the downloaded .pdf.

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Lyrics

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.

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.