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1 We bid you welcome in the name
Of Jesus, our exalted head.
Come as a servant--so he came--
And we receive you in his stead.
2 Come as a shepherd, guard and keep
This fold from hell and world and sin;
Nourish the lambs and feed the sheep;
The wounded heal, the lost bring in.
3 Come as a teacher sent from God,
Charged his whole counsel to declare.
Our ranks encourage, laggards prod
While we uphold your hands with prayer.
4 Come as a messenger of peace,
Filled with the Spirit, fired with love.
Live to enjoy our large increase,
And die to meet us all above.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | We bid you welcome in the name |
Title: | We Bid You Welcome in the Name |
Author: | James Montgomery, 1771-1854 (alt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1982 |
Topic: | Ordination, Installation |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HERR JESU CHRIST, MEINS |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | A Major |
Source: | As hymnodus sacer, Leipzig, 1625 |
Copyright: | Arrangement: Copyright 1982 Concordia Publishing House. |