Hymn
Bread of the World
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.
Amen.
Bread of the World — Text from Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church, 1917. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/bread-of-the-world
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Bread of the World?
The words of Bread of the World were written by Reginald Heber; the version here was published in 1917. The library holds 13 more hymns by Reginald Heber, including The Christian Child and Christ's Second Advent.
Is Bread of the World public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church, published in 1917. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of Bread of the World?
Bread of the World is in 9.8.9.8. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended.