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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William Croft (1678–1727)

Words: Frank­lin Hunt­er, Apr­il 11, 2003 (pub­lic do­main).

Music: Ha­no­ver at­trib­ut­ed to Will­iam Croft, in The Sup­ple­ment to the New Ver­sion of Psalms, by Na­hum Tate & Ni­cho­las Bra­dy, 6th edi­tion, 1708 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Lyrics

O come all ye saints, in glo­ri­ous dress,
Arrayed in His love, and His right­eous­ness.
Come sing in His pre­sence, come speak of His grace
He’s stand­ing among us, be­hold His dear face.

With hearts rea­dy tuned, our voic­es en­twine
Together we’ll sing His prais­es di­vine.
Lift high the great cho­rus, yea sound it abroad
To Je­sus our Sav­iour, om­ni­po­tent God.

O glad is the soul and joy­ful the heart,
That cen­ters the thoughts, so none can de­part,
From wor­ship­ping Je­sus, from prais­ing His name
This then is that ri­ver, and this is His fame.

Bless ye then the Lord, who serve day and night,
Who stand in His house, a won­der­ful sight
Where se­raphs are bow­ing, where an­gels at­tend,
The seat of His mer­cy, where prais­es all blend.

Say Yes to His praise, and Yes for His love
Speak oft­en of peace that comes from above.
Call mer­cy, a ri­ver, watch grace flow­ing through
This glo­rio­us sal­va­tion, says this is for you.

Our theme then shall be to wor­ship the Lord
In spi­rit to sing the truth of His word
Come join in our prais­es, the an­thems pro­long
For Je­sus is com­ing, that day won’t be long.