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: N. J. Squires, in Hymns of Chris­tian En­dea­vor, ed­it­ed by Sam­uel W. Ad­ri­ance (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Unit­ed So­cie­ty of Chris­tian En­dea­vor, 1888), num­ber 143.

Music: Hurs­ley Ka­tho­lisch­es Ge­sang­buch (Vi­en­na: 1774). Adapt­ed from the Me­tri­cal Psal­ter, 1855 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Squires’ full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

O bless the hour when ev­en­ing comes
And calls us to our place of pray­er;
With joy­ful heart our feet we turn
To meet our Lord’s dis­ci­ples there.

With one ac­cord we ga­ther here,
Our wants make known, our sins con­fess;
Dear Sav­ior, wilt Thou now ap­pear
And bless, as on­ly Thou canst bless.

Our faith in­crease, our fears re­move,
Make strong the weak, the help­less raise,
May ev­ery heart here feel Thy love,
And ev­ery tongue speak forth Thy praise.

No want we have Thou canst not fill,
No need but Thou canst ful­ly meet;
May we ob­ey Thy gra­cious will
And find our lives in Thee com­plete.