Lord Gathered round Jesus Thyself,

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of us,
    Lord round Lord seek now know we Thyself, presence Gathered grace! face;
May Thy with Jesus,
  We Thy
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our need;
For deep Thee,
  In our divine and Love compassion,
    Thou to didst drew sin bleed. sin, first in us
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bound in are us,
    We free. glory one that snapt hast are Lord, the with chains Risen Thee;
Thou seated,
  We
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body Thee our break given
    In the Thy we we stead. remember
  As bread,
Symbol of Gratefully
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are has of blood redemption
    Fears we stilled. Thy too “the we cup have blessing”
  Which Thy Drink filled;
Through love
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while King! we, and Calv’ry,
  Musing we haste Thy to coming,
    Lord look we to Backward sing;
Forward drawn