Heralds of Christ
       BREAD OF LIFE
Music by William F. Sherwin, 1877


(Eb)Her(Cm)alds (Bb)of (Eb)Christ,
 (Ab)who (Eb)bear the (Bbsus)King’s (Bb)com(Eb)mands,
Im(Cm)mortal (Gm)tidi(C7)ngs 
(Bb/F)in your (Fsus)mor(F)tal (Bb)hands,
(N.C.)Pass on and (Gb)carry 
(Bbm/F)swift the (Fsus)news (F)you (Bb)bring;
(Eb/G)Make (Ab)straight, make (Eb)straight 
(C7/E)the (Fm)high(Eb/G)way (Bbsus)of (Bb7)the (Eb)King.

Through desert ways, dark fen and deep morass,
Through jungles, sluggish seas, and mountain pass,
Build now the road, and falter not, nor stay;
Prepare across the earth the King’s highway.

Where once the twisting trail in darkness wound,
Let marching feet and joyous song resound,
Where burn the funeral pyres, and censers swing,
Make straight, make straight the highway of the King.

Lord, give us faith and strength the road to build,
To see the promise of the day fulfilled,
When war shall be no more, and strife shall cease
Upon the highway of the Prince of Peace.