Jesus, where'er Thy people meet
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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. |
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For Thou, within no walls confined, Inhabitest the humble mind; Such ever bring Thee where they come, And going, take Thee to their home. |
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Dear Shepherd of Thy chosen few, Thy former mercies here renew; Here, to our waiting hearts, proclaim The sweetness of Thy saving Name. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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The original stanza 1 last line says:
And every place is hallowed ground.
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Stanza 6 above is the original stanza 5, but modified. The original stanza 5 is:
5. Behold at Thy commanding word,
We stretch the curtain and the cord;
Come Thou, and fill this wider space,
And bless us with a large increase.
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Hymnal. net stanza 5 is the original last stanza, stanza 6.
The original last stanza last line says:
And make a thousand hearts Thine own!
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Hymnal. net stanza 7 is not in the original