Jesus, where'er Thy people meet

24 Malvern. L. M.

1. Jesus, where’er Thy people meet,
   There they behold Thy mercy seat;
   Where’er they seek Thee Thou art found,
   And every place is hallowed ground.

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

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

4. Here may we prove the power of prayer
   To strengthen faith and sweeten care;
   To teach our faint desires to rise,
   And bring all Heav’n before our eyes.
                        William Cowper
                         The Methodist Hymnal 1939 edition

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Hymnary.org says that the Cyberhymnal adds two more verses:

5. 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.

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

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