Samuel Sebastian Wesley - Almsgiving - текст песни (слова)

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O Lord, how joyful 'tis to see 
The brethren join in love to Thee! 
On Thee alone their heart relies 
Their only strength Thy grace supplies. 
2. 
 
 
 
How sweet within Thy holy place 
With one accord to sing Thy grace, 
Besieging Thine attentive ear 
With all the force of fervent prayer! 
3. 
 
 
 
O may we love the house of God, 
Of peace and joy the blest abode; 
O may no angry strife destroy 
That sacred peace, that holy joy. 
4. 
 
 
 
The world without may rage, but we 
Will only cling more close to Thee, 
With hearts to Thee more wholly giv'n, 
More weaned from earth, more fixed on Heav'n. 
5. 
 
 
 
Lord, shower upon us from above 
The sacred gift of mutual love; 
Each other's wants may we supply, 
And reign together in the sky. 
6. 
 
 
 
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow, 
Praise Him, all creatures here below, 
Praise Him above, angelic host, 
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. 
Lyrics: Charles Cof­fin, in the Par­is Bre­vi­a­ry, 1736 (O quam ju­vat frat­res, De­us);  trans­lat­ed from La­tin to Eng­lish by John Chand­ler, Hymns of the Prim­i­tive Church, 1837.