Scripture Verse

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find. Matthew 7:7

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in The Sil­ver Spray, by How­ard Doane (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: John Church, 1868).

Music: Sim­fe­ro­pol W. How­ard Doane (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Howard Doane (1832–1915)

Lyrics

Come in our midst, O gra­cious Lord,
Unveil Thy smil­ing face,
Distill in ev­ery wait­ing heart,
The dew of hea­ven­ly grace;
From earth­ly scenes we turn aside,
On Thee we cast our care;
We wor­ship in Thy ho­ly name;
O! bless this hour of pray­er.

Come in our midst, O gra­cious Lord,
Thy pro­mise we believe,
That bids us seek and we shall find,
Ask and we shall re­ceive;
We ga­ther at Thy mer­cy seat,
Our on­ly hope is there,
We plead the mer­its of Thy blood;
O! bless this hour of pray­er.

Come in our midst, O gra­cious Lord,
Eternal King of kings,
And fold the child­ren of the law
Beneath Thy migh­ty wings;
Support the weak, the mourn­er cheer,
Help all their cross to bear;
Thou spring of joy, Thou source of life,
O! bless this hour of pray­er.