Great God, we in thy courts appear

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Great God, we in thy courts appear

Author: John Fellows
Published in 41 hymnals

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1 Great God, we in thy courts appear,
With humble joy and holy fear,
Thy wise injunctions to obey;
Let saints and angels hail the day!

2 Great things, O everlasting son,
Great things for us thy grace has done;
Constrained by thy almighty love,
Our willing feet to meet thee move.

3 In thy assemble here we stand,
Obedient to thy great command;
The sacred flood is full in view,
And thy sweet voice invites us thro'.

4 The world, the spirit, and the bride
Must not invite and be deny'd;
Was not the lord who came to save,
Interr'd in such a liquid grave?

5 Thus we, dear Savior, own thy name,
Reciev us rising from the stream;
Then to thy table let us come,
And dwell in Sion as our home.

Source: A Selection of Hymns: from the best authors, intended to be an appendix to Dr. Watt's psalms and hymns. (1st Am. ed.) #CDLII

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Author: John Fellows

Fellows, John. Date of birth unknown; d. 1785. He was the author of the following:— (1) Grace Triumphant, a Sacred Poem in nine books, 1770; (2) Bromsgrove Elegy, in blank verse, on the Death of Rev. G. Whitefield, 1771; (3) An Elegy on the Death of Dr. Gill, 1771; (4) Hymns on Believers' Baptism, Birmingham, 1773; (5) The Apostle Paul's Defence before Felix, in verse, 1775; (6) Hymns in a great variety of Metres, on the Perfection of the Word of God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ, 1776; (7) The History of the Holy Bible, attempted in easy verse, 4 vols., 1777; (8) Six Instructive Views of Believers' Baptism, a tract published both separately and as an Introduction to the 2nd edition of his “Hymns on Believers' Baptism" 1777; (9) A Fa… Go to person page >

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