We Bid Thee Welcome in the Name

Representative Text

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.

Source: Moravian Book of Worship #432

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 >

Notes

We bid Thee welcome in the Name. J. Montgomery. [Induction of a Minister.] This hymn is in the M. MSS., but is undated. It was published in Montgomery's Christian Psalmist, 1825, No. 535, and again in his Original Hymns, 1853, No. 305, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed, "On the Appointment of a Minister." It is found in many collections, but usually in an abbreviated form.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Tune

KEBLE (Dykes)


DUKE STREET

First published anonymously in Henry Boyd's Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1793), DUKE STREET was credited to John Hatton (b. Warrington, England, c. 1710; d, St. Helen's, Lancaster, England, 1793) in William Dixon's Euphonia (1805). Virtually nothing is known about Hatton, its composer,…

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #502

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A Service Book #113b

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Church Melodies #434

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #353

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Hymns #571

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Hymns #571

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Hymns #873

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Hymns #571

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #1010

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Songs for the Sanctuary #1010

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #807

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #282.807

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The New Baptist Psalmist and Tune Book #271

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D428

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The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #169c

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #763

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New Manual of Praise #501

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Sursum Corda #704a

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Sursum Corda #704b

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d906

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d912

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d912

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d562

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for ... Diocese of Nova Scotia. 3rd ed. #d353

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of the Diocese of Nova Scotia. 3rd ed. #d357

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d971

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d986

Evangelical Lutheran Hymn Book with Tunes #d493

Gloria in Excelsis #d730

Gloria in Excelsis #d452

Gospel Melodies #d184

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d551

Parish Psalmody #d883

Parish Psalmody #d899

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d761

Songs for the New Life #d695

Songs of Christian Praise with Music #d601

The A. M. E. Zion Hymnal #450

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d958

The Baptist Hymn and Praise Book #d521

The Baptist Hymnal. Shaped notes ed. #d620

The Canadian Baptist Hymnal for the use of Churches and Families #d671

The Centennial Hymnal #d426

The Church Hymn Book #d1073

The Church Hymn Book #d591

The Church Hymnal #d454

The Church of God Selection of Spiritual Songs for the Church and Choir #d967

The Golden Harp #d362

The Gospel Praise Book #d491

The Halifax Selection of Hymns #d443

The National Baptist Hymn Book #d564

The National Baptist Hymn Book #ad564

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d1147

The Sacred Lute #d366

The Saints' Harp #d977

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d953

The Service of Praise #d349

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d596

The Southern Psalmist #d898

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d946

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Christian Praise #510

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Church Hymns and Tunes #552

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Common Praise #588

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #226

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #226

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Hymni Ecclesiae #249

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #848

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #1007

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Hymns of the Faith with Psalms #169

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Hymns of the Faith #262

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Moravian Book of Worship #432

Praise! Our Songs and Hymns #116

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Sacred Poems and Hymns #305

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The Baptist Hymnal, for Use in the Church and Home #558

The Baptist Hymnal #558

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The Chapel hymn book, with tunes #579

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The Church Hymnary #709

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The Church Praise Book #494

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The Cyber Hymnal #7144

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The Evangelical Hymnal #306

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The Evangelical Hymnal. Text edition #306

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The Hymnal of The Evangelical United Brethren Church #342

The Hymnal #350

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The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #742

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The Lutheran Hymnal #484

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The Methodist Hymnal (Text only edition) #226

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The Methodist Hymnal #226

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The New Baptist Praise Book #364

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The New Baptist Praise Book #364

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The Sanctuary Hymnal, published by Order of the General Conference of the United Brethren in Christ #448

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Great Hymns of the Faith #533

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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #292

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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #319

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Lutheran Worship #262

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