Opening Worship

Verse 1

O thou, whom all thy saints adore, We now with all thy saints agree, And bow our inmost souls before Thy glorious, awful Majesty.

Verse 2

The King of Nations, we proclaim, Who would not our great Sovereign fear? We long t' experience all thy name, And now we come to meet thee here.

Verse 3

We come, great God, to seek thy face, And for thy loving kindness wait; And O how dreadful is this place! ’Tis God’s own house, ’tis heaven’s gate.

Verse 4

Tremble our hearts to find thee nigh; To thee our trembling hearts aspire; And lo! we see descend from high The pillar, and the flame of fire.

Verse 5

Still let it on th' assembly stay, And all the house with glory fill; To Canaan’s bounds point out the way, And lead us to thy holy hill.

Verse 6

There let us all with Jesus stand, And join the general church above, And take our seats at thy right-hand, And sing thine everlasting love.

Verse 7

Come, Lord, our souls are on the wing, Now on Thy great white throne appear, And let my eyes behold my King, And let me see my Saviour there.