L.M. [1760]Hebron (Mason): Lowell Mason, 1830 William Cowper, 1769; Alt. Jesus! where'er thy people meet, There they behold thy mercy-seat; Where'er they seek thee, thou art found, And every place is hallowed ground. And since within no walls confined, Thou dwellest in the humble mind: Let all within thy house who come, Departing, take thee to their home. Yet everywhere thou guid'st thine own To raise for thee an earthly throne; And where thy Name thou dost record, There thou wilt come and bless them, Lord! Great Shepherd of thy chosen few, Thy former mercies here renew; And here to wayward hearts proclaim The sweetness of thy saving Name! Here may we prove the might of prayer, To strengthen faith and sweeten care: To teach our faint desires to rise, And bring all heaven before our eyes! Here to the babe newborn on earth, Grant thou the newer, better birth; By water and the Holy Ghost Restoring all that Adam lost. Here to the weary, hungry soul, Give thou the gift that maketh whole; The bread that is Christ's Flesh, for food, The wine that is the Savior's Blood. Lord, we are few, but thou art near; Nor short thine arm, nor deaf thine ear; O rend the heavens, come quickly down, And make a thousand hearts thine own! Amen. |