Jesus, where’er Thy people meet

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.