Scripture Verse

God be merciful unto us, and bless us. Psalm 67:1

Introduction

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J. Lincoln Hall (1866–1930)

Words: Ir­vin H. Mack, in Tri­um­phant Prais­es, ed­it­ed by Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick & Hen­ry L. Gil­mour (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hall-Mack, 1901).

Music: J. Lin­coln Hall (🔊 pdf nwc). Some hym­nals show the com­pos­er as Mau­rice A. Clif­ton, Hall’s pseu­do­nym.

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Mack (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Hall,

Lyrics

We come be­fore Thy throne to­day,
Thy pro­mised pre­sence claim;
O come and en­ter now our hearts,
And set our souls aflame.

Refrain

Lord, send Thy bless­ing,
Lord, send Thy bless­ing,
Lord, send Thy bless­ing
On our wait­ing souls.

We know that Thou art pre­sent here,
Thy grace to us re­veal;
We fain would know Thy bless­èd will,
Thy holy pre­sence feel.

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O send to us Thy quick­en­ing pow­er,
All guilt and dross re­move;
O let our wait­ing hearts be filled,
Dear Sav­ior, with Thy love.

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Accept the hom­age that we bring,
O Lord, we hum­bly pray,
Bestow Thy rich­est bless­ings now,
And meet with us to­day.

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