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