Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Jesus where'er thy people meet
Topic: Supplication
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 48
Page Number: 054, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJesus, where'er thy people meet,
There they behold thy mercy seat;
Where'er they seek thee, thou art found,
And every place is hallow'd ground.
For thou, within no walls confin'd,
Inhabitest the humble mind:
Such ever bring thee where they come,
And going take thee to their home.
Dear Shepherd of thy chosen few,
Thy former mercies here renew;
Here to our waiting hearts proclaim,
The sweetness of thy saving name.
Here may we prove the power of prayer,
To strengthen faith and sweeten care;
To teach our faint desires to rise,
And bring all heaven before our eyes.
Behold at thy commanding word,
We've met to pray with one accord,
O come and fill our hearts with grace,
And bless us with a large increase.
Lord, we are few, but thou art near;
Nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear,
Oh! rend the heavens: come quickly down,
Make thousand thousand hearts thine own.