432. We Bid You Welcome in the Name

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.

Text Information
First Line: We bid you welcome in the name
Title: We Bid You Welcome in the Name
Author: James Montgomery (1825, alt.)
Meter: L.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1995
Scripture: ; ; ; ;
Topic: Ordination and Installation; Installation; Ministry (1 more...)
Notes: Alternate setting, 561
Tune Information
Name: HUS
Meter: L.M.
Key: G Major
Source: Cantionale Germanicum, Dresden (1628); C. Gregor Choralbuch (1784)
Notes: 22 F in 1891 Offices of Worship and Hymns



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