Moravian Book of Worship ‎#432

432. We Bid You Welcome in the Name

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
your fold from all that fosters sin,
and nourish 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.
lift o'er our ranks the prophet's rod,
while we uphold your hands with prayer.

4 Come as a messenger of peace,
filled with the Spirit, fired with love;
Live to behold our large increase,
and die to meet us all above.

Text Information

• First Line: We bid you welcome in the name
• Title: We Bid You Welcome in the Name
• Author: James Montgomery (1825, alt.)
• Meter: L.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Scripture:
  Matthew 20:26-28
  ;
  John 21:15-19
  ;
  2 Timothy 2:24
  ;
  2 Timothy 2:15
  ;
  1 Peter 5:1-4
• Topic: Ordination and Installation; Installation; Ministry; Ordination
• Notes: Alternate setting, 561

Tune Information

• Name: HUS
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: G Major
• Source: Cantionale Germanicum, Dresden (1628); C. Gregor Choralbuch (1784)
• Notes: 22 F in 1891 Offices of Worship and Hymns