ELHB Hymn 4
Thy presence, gracious God, afford
John Fawcett
Hymn Text
4. Thy presence, gracious God, afford
Text and metadata are organized from Hymnary’s ELHB index pages and ELHL1918 instance pages.
1 Thy presence, gracious God, afford,
Prepare us to receive Thy Word;
Now let Thy voice engage our ear,
And faith be mixed with what we hear.
Prepare us to receive Thy Word;
Now let Thy voice engage our ear,
And faith be mixed with what we hear.
2 Distracting thoughts and cares remove,
And fix our hearts and hopes above;
With food divine may we be fed,
And satisfied with living bread.
And fix our hearts and hopes above;
With food divine may we be fed,
And satisfied with living bread.
3 To us the sacred Word apply
With sovereign power and energy;
And may we, in Thy faith and fear,
Reduce to practice what we hear.
With sovereign power and energy;
And may we, in Thy faith and fear,
Reduce to practice what we hear.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #4