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: Ro­bert Coll­yer, 1873. Coll­yer wrote this hymn for the de­di­ca­tion of Uni­ty Church, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, whose first pas­tor he be­came in 1859.

Music: Duke Street, at­trib­ut­ed to John Hat­ton, 1793 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

portrait
Robert Collyer (1823–1912)

Lyrics

Unto Thy tem­ple, Lord, we come
With thank­ful hearts to wor­ship Thee;
And pray that this may be our home
Until we touch eter­ni­ty.

The com­mon home of rich and poor,
Of bond and free, and great and small;
Large as Thy love for­ev­er­more,
And warm and bright and good to all.

And dwell Thou with us in this place,
Thou and Thy Christ, to guide and bless!
Here make the well­spring of Thy grace
Like fount­ains in the wil­der­ness.

May Thy whole truth be spok­en here;
Thy Gos­pel light for­ev­er shine;
Thy per­fect love cast out all fear,
And hu­man life be­come di­vine.