Scripture Verse

Where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20

Introduction

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Hymns for Those That Seek and Those That Have Re­demp­tion in the Blood of Je­sus Christ 1747.

Music: Ar­me­nia Syl­va­nus B. Pond, in The Mus­ic­al Mis­cel­la­ny, ed­it­ed by Tho­mas Hast­ings & Ez­ra Col­lier (New York: 1836) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Pond (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

All praise to our re­deem­ing Lord,
Who joins us by His grace;
And bids us, each to each re­stored,
Together seek His face.

He bids us build each oth­er up;
And, ga­thered into one,
To our high call­ing’s glo­ri­ous hope,
We hand in hand go on.

The gift which He on one be­stows,
We all de­light to prove;
The grace through ev­ery ves­sel flows,
In pur­est streams of love.

E’en now we think and speak the same,
And cor­di­al­ly agree;
Concentered all, through Je­sus’ name,
In per­fect har­mo­ny.

We all par­take the joy of one;
The com­mon peace we feel;
A peace to sen­su­al minds un­known,
A joy un­speak­able.

And if our fel­low­ship be­low
In Je­sus be so sweet,
What height of rap­ture shall we know
When round His throne we meet!