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William Cowper - Olney Hymn 26: On Opening A Place For Social Prayer
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Jesus! where`er Thy people meet, 
There they behold Thy mercy seat; 
Where`er they seek Thee, Thou art found, 
And every place is hallow`d ground. 

For Thou, within no walls confined, 
Inhabitest the humble mind; 
Such ever bring Thee where they come 
And going, take Thee to their home. 

Dear Shepherd of Thy chosen few! 
Thy former mercies here renew; 
Her to our waiting hearts proclaim 
The sweetness of Thy saving name. 

Here may we prove the power of prayer, 
To strengthen faith, and sweeten care; 
To teach our faint desires to rise, 
And bring all Heaven before our eyes. 

Behold, at Thy commanding word 
We stretch the curtain and the cord; 
Come Thou, and fill this wider space, 
And bless us with a large increase. 

Lord, we are few, but Thou art near: 
Nor short Thine arm, nor deaf Thine ear; 
Oh rend the heavens, come quickly down, 
And make a thousand hearts Thine own.
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