The Church — Lord's Supper

Thy broken body, gracious Lord

No. 1099
Metre L. M.
Tune ERNAN.
Words Anon.
Music Lowell Mason.
Key B-flat major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 2/2
3 stanzas

Words

Thy broken body, gracious Lord,Is shadowed by this broken bread;The wine which in this cup is poured,Points to the blood which thou hast shed.

And while we meet together thus,We show that we are one in thee:Thy precious blood was shed for us;Thy death, O Lord, has set us free.

We have one hope—that thou wilt come:Thee in the air we wait to see;Then thou wilt give thy saints a home,And we shall ever reign with thee.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHURCH—LORD'S SUPPER.»; hymn number «1099» (large), tune name «ERNAN. L. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «LOWELL MASON.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is set between the staves: system 1 «1. Thy brok - en bod - y, gra - cious Lord, Is shadowed by this brok - en bread;» («shadowed» unbroken under two notes), system 2 «The wine which in this cup is poured, Points to the blood which thou hast shed.»; it is given below with the syllables joined into whole words. Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in the left column under the italic reference line «746, 932, 923.» (= the same words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 746, 932 or 923), numbered «2»–«3» without a period (numbered «2.»–«3.» here like stanza 1); lines 2 and 4 of each are indented, and stanza 1 is set here in the same pattern. «Anon.» in italics at the right after stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «:» and «;» («thee :», «us ;», «come :», «see ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation (the dash in «hope—that») and capitals are the print's.