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1027. Brethren, We Have Met to Worship

Brethren, we have met to worship and adore the Lord our God;
Will you pray with all your power, while we try to preach the Word?
All is vain unless the Spirit of the Holy One comes down;
Brethren, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.

Brethren, see poor sinners round you slumb’ring on the brink of woe;
Death is coming, hell is moving, can you bear to let them go?
See our fathers and our mothers, and our children sinking down;
Brethren, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.

Sisters, will you join and help us? Moses’ sister aided him;
Will you help the trembling mourners who are struggling hard with sin?
Tell them all about the Savior, tell them that He will be found;
Sisters, pray, and holy manna will be showered all around.

Is there here a trembling jailer, seeking grace, and filled with tears?
Is there here a weeping Mary, pouring forth a flood of tears?
Brethren, join your cries to help them; sisters, let your prayers abound;
Pray, oh, pray that holy manna may be scattered all around.

Let us love our God supremely, let us love each other, too;
Let us love and pray for sinners, till our God makes all things new.
Then He’ll call us home to Heaven, at His table we’ll sit down;
Christ will gird Himself and serve us with sweet manna all around.

Text Information
First Line: Brethren, we have met to worship and adore the Lord our God
Title: Brethren, We Have Met to Worship
Author: George Atkins (1819)
Meter: 15.15.15.15
Scripture:
Topic: Worship
Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Brethren_We_Have_Met_to_Worship); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/b/r/brethren.htm)
Tune Information
Name: HOLY MANNA
Composer: William Moore (1825)
Meter: 15.15.15.15
Key: A♭ Major
Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Brethren_We_Have_Met_to_Worship); The Cyber Hymnal (http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/b/r/brethren.htm)



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