There they behold Thy mercy-seat;
Where’er they seek Thee, Thou art found,
With grace and mercy to abound.
Inhabitest the humble mind;
Such ever bring Thee where they come,
And going, take Thee to their home.
Thy former mercies here renew;
Here, to our waiting hearts, proclaim
The sweetness of Thy saving Name.
To strengthen faith and sweeten care;
To teach our faint desires to rise,
And bring Thy light before our eyes.
Nor short Thine arm, nor deaf Thine ear;
Oh, rend the heavens, come quickly down,
And make our waiting hearts Thine own.
And as the Spirit full of pow’r
With life and vision fill this place,
That all Thy purpose we may trace.
May nought in life or death divide
The saints in Thy communion blessed,
That all Thy fulness be expressed.