Around the throne of grace we meet

Around the throne of grace we meet

Author: James Montgomery
Published in 1 hymnal

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Around the throne of grace we meet,
In Pentecostal bands,
With Christian love each other greet,
And join our hearts and hands.

Now all as one, and one as all,
Faith, feelings, hopes the same,
On our Lord Jesus Christ we call,
And glorify His name.

At once upon ten thousand flowers,
The morning sunbeams strike,
Millions of blades of grass--Spring showers
Baptize from heaven alike.

So may the Sun of Righteousness
On our assembly shine,
And showers of consolation bless
Our souls with peace divine.

Hence, when we to our homes return,
Rejoicing let us say,
"Did not our hearts within us burn,
While Christ went all our way?"

Author: James Montgomery

James Montgomery (b. Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1771; d. Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 1854), the son of Moravian parents who died on a West Indies mission field while he was in boarding school, Montgomery inherited a strong religious bent, a passion for missions, and an independent mind. He was editor of the Sheffield Iris (1796-1827), a newspaper that sometimes espoused radical causes. Montgomery was imprisoned briefly when he printed a song that celebrated the fall of the Bastille and again when he described a riot in Sheffield that reflected unfavorably on a military commander. He also protested against slavery, the lot of boy chimney sweeps, and lotteries. Associated with Christians of various persuasions, Montgomery supported missio… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Around the throne of grace we meet
Author: James Montgomery
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Publication Date: 1854
Copyright: This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.

Notes

Around the throne of grace we meet. J. Montgomery. [Divine Worship.] This hymn seems from its character and construction to have been written for one of the great Whitsuntide gatherings of Sunday School children in Sheffield, or for an occasion of a somewhat similar kind. No record, however, is found amongst the "Montgomery Manuscript," and we trace its first publication to his Original Hymns, 1853, No. 323, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, with the title, "Unity in Faith, Hope, and Feeling." Its use is limited.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Sacred Poems and Hymns #323

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