1 We bid you welcome in the name
Of Jesus, our exalted head.
Come as a servant -- so he came --
We shall receive you in his stead.
2 Come as a shepherd; guard and keep
This fold from hell and world and sin.
Nourish the lambs and feed the sheep;
The wounded heal; the lost bring in.
3 Come as a teacher sent from God
With his whole counsel to declare.
Our souls encourage with the Word,
While we uphold your hands with prayer.
4 Come as a messenger of peace,
Filled with the Spirit, fired with love.
God bless your work, your strength increase,
And guide us all to heav'n above.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | we bid you welcome in the name |
Title: | We Bid You Welcome in the Name |
Author: | James Montgomery, 1771-8154 (abr., alt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1993 |
Topic: | Ministry |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HERR JESU CHRIST, MEINS |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | G Major |
Source: | As hymnodus sacer, Leipzig, 1625, alt. |
Notes: | Alternate settings: 223, 404 |