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: Jo­na­than Ev­ans, in Col­lect­ion of Hymns from Va­ri­ous Au­thors, by George Bur­der, 1784, num­ber 13.

Music: Be­ne­dict­ion (Mann) Ar­thur H. Mann, 1879 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

portrait
Arthur H. Mann (1850–1929)

Lyrics

Come, Thou soul-trans­form­ing Spir­it,
Bless the sow­er and the seed;
Let each heart Thy grace in­her­it;
Raise the weak, the hun­gry feed;
From the Gos­pel, now sup­ply Thy peo­ple’s need.

O may all en­joy the bless­ing
Which Thy Word’s de­signed to give;
Let us all, Thy love pos­sess­ing,
Joyfully the truth re­ceive,
And for­ev­er to Thy praise and glo­ry live.