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.
Text
1
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
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
Hymn Score
Piano Accompaniment
Notes
Get to know the hymns a little deeper with the SDA Hymnal Companion. Use our song leader’s notes to engage your congregation in singing with understanding. Even better, involve kids in learning this hymn with our homeschooling materials.
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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