The phrase "brake" resonates through 14 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...His loaves and fishes spared;
But Jesus blessed and brake them,
And all the bounty shared....
His loaves and fishes spared;
But Jesus blessed and brake them,
And all the bounty shared.
...Will search with tireless patience,
Thro’ brier and thro’ brake?
Unheeding thirst and hunger,...
Will search with tireless patience,
Thro’ brier and thro’ brake?
Unheeding thirst and hunger,
...They sat at meat,
He brake of the bread and blessed it,
Said, Take and eat....
They sat at meat,
He brake of the bread and blessed it,
Said, Take and eat.
...They saw Him break the bars of death,
Which none e’er brake before.
They brought His chariot from above,...
They saw Him break the bars of death,
Which none e’er brake before.
They brought His chariot from above,
...The pine upon the alpine cliff,
The lily in the brake.
The towering rock in vale,...
The pine upon the alpine cliff,
The lily in the brake.
The towering rock in vale,
...Embraced and kissed his son;
The rebel’s heart with sorrow brake
For follies he had done....
Embraced and kissed his son;
The rebel’s heart with sorrow brake
For follies he had done.
...He spoiled the powers of darkness thus,
And brake our iron chains;
Jesus hath freed our captive souls...
He spoiled the powers of darkness thus,
And brake our iron chains;
Jesus hath freed our captive souls
...Before the mournful scene began,
He took the bread, and blessed, and brake:
What love through all His actions ran!...
Before the mournful scene began,
He took the bread, and blessed, and brake:
What love through all His actions ran!
...’Twas springtide when He blest the bread,
And harvest when He brake.
O where is He that trod the sea—...
’Twas springtide when He blest the bread,
And harvest when He brake.
O where is He that trod the sea—
...With increasèd brightness play;
’Mid the thorn brake, beauteous flowers
Look more beautiful and gay;...
With increasèd brightness play;
’Mid the thorn brake, beauteous flowers
Look more beautiful and gay;
...Yet, standing on this hungry shore,
By this poor reed-brake of the sand,
I count your shadows o’er and o’er....
Yet, standing on this hungry shore,
By this poor reed-brake of the sand,
I count your shadows o’er and o’er.
...Just perishing for want of bread.
I gave him all; he blessed it, brake,
And ate, but gave me part again....
Just perishing for want of bread.
I gave him all; he blessed it, brake,
And ate, but gave me part again.
...Hark! He signals danger! danger!
Down with brakes! beware! beware!
We are sweeping on to glory,...
Hark! He signals danger! danger!
Down with brakes! beware! beware!
We are sweeping on to glory,
...He called for famine on the land,
He brake the staff of bread:
But yet He sent a man before,...
He called for famine on the land,
He brake the staff of bread:
But yet He sent a man before,
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