With Thankful Hearts We Meet, O Lord

With thank­ful hearts

we meet

O Lord

To sing Thy praise

to hear Thy Word

To seek Thy face in ear­nest pray­er

And cast on Thee each earth­ly care.

Great Shep­herd of Thy chos­en flock

Thy peo­ple’s shield

their shel­ter­ing rock

Again we meet to hear Thy voice

Again be­fore Thee we re­joice.

O may the Spir­it

by the Word

Refresh our hearts in Thee

O Lord

All wea­ried of the things be­low

No rest but Thine we fain would know.

Thy pre­sence in our midst we seek;

Confirm the strong

sus­tain the weak;

Weary and faint to Thee we come

To crave some fore­taste of our home.

We long with all the blood washed throng

To join the uni­vers­al song;

When Heav’n and earth with pros­trate knee

Shall both bow down and wor­ship Thee.