Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

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Isaac Smith (1734–1805)
National Portrait Gallery

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Words: Doug­las Rus­sell.

Music: Dub­lin (Smith) Is­aac Smith (1734–1805) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know when this hymn was writ­ten, or where to get a good pic­ture of Rus­sell (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

As ga­thered in Thy pre­cious name,
This ta­ble we sur­round,
Thy death, Lord Je­sus, to pro­claim,
O may our praise abound.

We give what from Thee we re­ceive,
For all we have is Thine—
O may each heart with joy be­lieve,
And ec­ho Thine is mine!

Grace, grace it was that brought Thee down;
Love shone in all Thy ways;
Through death Thine is the vic­tor’s crown,
And Thine the end­less praise.

We, here, in si­lence, or in song,
Together wor­ship Thee;
Before our God we shall ere long
Give praise eter­nal­ly.

Lord Je­sus Christ, Thou com­est soon—
Today Thy death we show;
In light, eclips­ing sun at noon,
Its mys­te­ry we shall know.

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Do This in Memory of Me
István Csók, 1890