Common Praise (1998) ‎#328

328. Lo, God Is Here! Let Us Adore

1 Lo, God is here! let us adore,
and own how awesome is this place;
let all within us feel God's power
and bow before the hidden face.
Redeeming Lord, your grace we prove,
serve you with awe, with reverence love.

2 Lo, God is here! Both day and night
united choirs of angels sing;
to God, enthroned above all height,
heaven's host their noblest praises bring;
disdain not, Lord, our meaner song,
who praise you with a stammering tongue.

3 Being of beings, may our praise
your courts with grateful fragrance fill;
still may we stand before your face,
still hear and do your sovereign will;
to you may all our thoughts arise,
ceaseless, accepted sacrifice.

Text Information

• First Line: Lo, God is here! Let us adore
• Title: Lo, God Is Here! Let Us Adore
• Author: Gerhard Tersteegen (1697-1769)
• Translator: John Wesley (1703-1791) (alt.)
• Meter: 88 88 88
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Genesis 28:10-22
  ;
  1 Chronicles 29:6-20
  ;
  Psalm 141
  ;
  Hebrews 12:18-29
  ;
  Exodus 3:1-15
  ;
  Exodus 19:9-25
  ;
  Exodus 33:12-23
  ;
  Isaiah 6:1-8
• Topic: Praise of God; Gathering of the Community

Tune Information

• Name: ST. CATHERINE (ST. FINBAR)
• Composer: Henri F. Hemy (1818-1888)
• Adapter: James G. Walton (1821-1905)
• Meter: 88 88 88
• Key: G Major