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SDA HYMNAL (1985) WORSHIP

SDAH 059: Great Our Joy As Now We Gather

WORSHIP >> OPENING OF WORSHIP

SDAH 59

Great our joy as now we gather
Where the Master makes us one:
Where we worship God the Father
Thro’ the Spirit of His Son.

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Great our joy as now we gather
Where the Master makes us one:
Where we worship God the Father
Thro’ the Spirit of His Son.
All who search for His church
Find it where His will is done.

2
Precious is the tie that binds us
To our God when faith grows cold;
Precious all that now reminds us
He is still our safe stronghold.
Faithful love serves to prove
Here the Shepherd has His fold.

3
May we learn from Christ’s example
How to use this house of prayer:
He who loved and cleansed His temple
Wants us all to worship there.
God the Son shuts out none:
In His kingdom all may share.

4
Lord, inspire us with Your vision
Of a world which must be won!
Glorious is the church’s mission,
Long endeavoured, scarce begun!
Faithful now – this is how
God’s eternal will is done.

Hymn Info
Hymn Info


Biblical Reference
(a) Gal 3:28 (b) Prov 18:10, John 10:16 (c) Mark 11:15, 17 (d) Matt 24:14

Author
Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000)

Year Published
1972

Performance Suggestions
Unison

Copyright
Words copyright 1973 by Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Music reproduced by permission of Novello & Company Limited.

Hymn Tune
MICHAEL

Metrical Number
8.7.8.7.3.3.7.

Composer
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

Year Composed
1936

Theme
OPENING OF WORSHIP

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Notes

Fred Pratt Green (1903 -; see Biographies) wrote this worship hymn expressly for the tune MICHAEL and introduced it at a church festival. John Wilson (see SDAH 397) requested that he write it for the anniversary of the Guildford Methodist Church in Surrey, England, 1972.

For comments on Herbert Howells (1892-1983) and MICHAEL, see SDAH 5, “All My Hope on God Is Founded.”

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