Camp meetings with thy presence crown

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Camp meetings with thy presence crown

Author: Hugh Bourne
Published in 14 hymnals

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1 Camp-meetings with thy presence crown,
And shower, O Lord, thy blessings down;
Fill every heart with holy zeal,
And all thy righteousness reveal.

2 O'er all our hosts do thou preside,
And all our various movements guide;
The praying companies attend,
And show thyself the sinner's Friend.

3 Pour out thy Spirit on thy sons,
And visit thine anointed ones;
May every virgin trim her lamp,
And glory rest upon our camp.

4 May prayer and praise united rise,
Like holy incense, to the skies;
In all the camp display thy power,
That souls be saved each day and hour.

Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #1016

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Author: Hugh Bourne

Bourne, Hugh, the principal founder of the Primitive Methodist Society, and the editor of their first hymn-books, was born at Fordhays, Stoke-on-Trent, April 3, 1772. His father, Joseph Bourne, a person in humble circumstances, was a member of the Church of England, whilst his mother belonged to the Wesleyan Society. His education, for his circumstances, was fairly good; and by earnest application to study he acquired some knowledge of Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. His mind was of a strongly devotional cast, and the Methodist movement of those days had such attractions for him that he joined himself thereto in 1709. The following year he went to reside near the Mow Cop Colliery, near Burslem, where he had secured an engagement. There, with two… Go to person page >

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