The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook ‎#180

180. Lord Jesus, when Your people meet

1 Lord Jesus, when Your people meet
they come before Your mercy-seat;
where You are sought, You shall be found,
and every place is holy ground.

2 Your presence, by no walls confined,
is known within the humble mind;
the meek will bring You where they come,
and going take You to their home.

3 Dear Shepherd of your chosen few,
Your former mercies here renew;
here to our waiting hearts proclaim
the greatness of Your saving name.

4 Here may we prove the power of prayer
to strengthen faith and sweeten care;
to teach our faint desires to rise
and bring all heaven before our eyes.

5 Lord, we are few, but You are near;
Your arm can save, Your ear can hear:
break through the heavens, come quickly down,
and make a thousand hearts Your own!

Text Information

• First Line: Lord Jesus, when Your people meet
• Author: William Cowper, 1731-1800 (alt.)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004
• Topic: The Temple: Worship
• Source: Alt: Compilers of Hymns for Today's Church, 1982

Tune Information

• Name: WARRINGTON
• Composer: Ralph Harrison, 1748-1810
• Harmoniser: David Evans, 1874-1948
• Meter: LM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Harm.: The Revised Church Hymnary, 1927
• Copyright: By permission of Oxford University Press