Scripture Verse

Come, let us bow down in worship. Psalm 95:6

Introduction

Words: George At­kins, in The Dis­ci­pline of the Unit­ed Free­will Bap­tist Church, ed­it­ed by John El­li­ott & Sam­uel Ste­vens (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: D. Heartt, 1819), pag­es 115–16.

Music: Ho­ly Man­na Will­iam Moore, The Co­lum­bi­an Har­mo­ny 1825 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

Brethren, we have met to wor­ship
And adore the Lord our God;
Will you pray with all your pow­er,
While we meet to preach His Word?

All is vain un­less the Spir­it
Of the Ho­ly One comes down;
Brethren, pray, and ho­ly man­na
Will be show­ered all around.

Brethren, see poor sin­ners round you
Slumbering on the brink of woe;
Death is com­ing, hell is mov­ing;
Can you bear to let them go?

See our fa­thers and our mo­thers,
And our child­ren sink­ing down;
Brethren, pray and ho­ly man­na
Will be show­ered all around.

Brethren, there are poor back­slid­ers,
Who were once near Hea­ven’s door;
But they have be­trayed the Sav­ior,
And are worse than e’en be­fore.

Yet the Sav­ior offers par­don,
If they will la­ment their wound;
Brethren, pray, and ho­ly man­na
Will be show­ered all around.

Let us love our God su­preme­ly;
Let us love each oth­er, too;
Let us love and pray for sin­ners,
Till our God makes all things new.

Then He’ll call us home to Hea­ven;
At His ta­ble we’ll sit down;
Christ will gird Him­self and serve us,
With sweet man­na all around.

illustration
Israelites Gather Manna
in the Desert
Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1627
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