Worship — Opening Hymns

Jesus, we look to thee

No. 11
Metre S. M.
Tune ST. THOMAS.
Words Charles Wesley.
Music George F. Handel.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 2/2
4 stanzas

Words

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Jesus, we look to thee,Thy promised presence claim;Thou in the midst of us shalt be,Assembled in thy name.

Thy name salvation is,Which here we come to prove;Thy name is life, and health, and peace,And everlasting love.

Not in the name of prideOr selfishness we meet;From nature's paths we turn aside,And worldly thoughts forget.

We meet the grace to takeWhich thou hast freely given;We meet on earth for thy dear sake,That we may meet in heaven.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «11», tune name «ST. THOMAS. S. M.» centred over the music, «GEORGE F. HANDEL.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «Je-». Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «151, 266, 30,» (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 151, 266 or 30; the line ends with a comma in the print). «Charles Wesley.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;» («prove ;», «meet ;», «given ;»); it is closed up here and kept in `lyrics_syllables.txt` where it occurs under the staves. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print.