Lord, in Thy Presence

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Lord, in Thy presence here we meet

Author: J. L. Holman
Published in 38 hymnals

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1 Lord, in thy presence here we meet,
May we in thee be found;
O, make the place divinely sweet,
And let thy grace abound.

2 With harmony thy servants bless,
That we may show to thee
How good, how sweet, how pleasant 'tis
When brethren all agree.

3 May Zions good be kept in view,
And bless our feeble aim,
That all we undertake to do,
May glorify thy name.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #1016

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Author: J. L. Holman

Born: October 24, 1784, Danville, Kentucky. Died: March 28, 1842, Aurora, Indiana. Buried: Veraestau Cemetery, Aurora, Indiana. When [Holman] was sixteen years of age he united with the Clear Creek Baptist church. For his life-work he directed his attention to the bar in Newcastle. For a while, he read law in the Lexington office of Henry Clay. On account of his opposition to slavery, he crossed the Ohio river in 1810, and made his home in Indiana, on a bluff to which he gave the name Veraestau, and where he continued to reside the remainder of his life. It appears he come into a considerable estate soon after he turned twenty-one. Five years later, he brought his slaves to Indiana for the sole purpose of freeing them. He was named… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Lord, in Thy presence here we meet
Title:	Lord, in Thy Presence
Author:	J. L. Holman
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

EVAN (Havergal)

This tune [EVAN], "the popularity of which in Scotland, America, and the Colonies is quite unprecedented" (Tonic Sol Fa Reporter, May 15, 1870), consists of the 1st, 2nd, 7th, and 8th strains of "O Thou dread Power" a sacred song by the Rev. W.H. Havergal, the melody being unaltered. EVAN II is the…

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ASHVILLE (Everett)

SILOAM (Woodbury)

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