Celebrating Grace Hymnal ‎#61

61. We Gather Together

1 We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing,
He chastens and hastens His will to make known;
the wicked oppressing now cease from distressing,
sing praises to His name, He forgets not His own.

2 Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
ordaining, maintaining His kingdom divine;
so from the beginning the fight we were winning,
Thou, Lord, wast at our side: all glory be Thine!

3 We all do extol Thee, Thou leader in battle,
and pray that Thou still our defender wilt be.
Let Thy congregation escape tribulation;
Thy name be ever praised: O Lord, make us free!

Text Information

• First Line: We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing
• Title: We Gather Together
• Translator: Theodore Baker (1894)
• Meter: Irregular
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: God the Father: Sustainer; God-Faithfulness; Praise and Adoration-God
• Source: Dutch hymn, 16th cent.

Tune Information

• Name: KREMSER
• Harmonizer: Edward Kremser (1877)
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: D♭ Major
• Source: Nederlandtsch Gedenckclanck
• Notes: Lower key, #356