Jesus
where’er Thy people meet
There they behold Thy mercy-seat;
Where’er they seek Thee
Thou art found
With grace and mercy to abound.
For Thou
within no walls confined
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 Thy light before our eyes.
Lord
we are few
but Thou art near;
Nor short Thine arm
nor deaf Thine ear;
Oh
rend the heavens
come quickly down
And make our waiting hearts Thine own.
Command Thy blessing in this hour;
And as the Spirit full of pow’r
With life and vision fill this place
That all Thy purpose we may trace.
O Thou
our Head
our Life
our Guide
May nought in life or death divide
The saints in Thy communion blessed
That all Thy fulness be expressed.