Worship — Opening Hymns

In thy house, while now we sing

No. 18
Words James Montgomery.
Singing key G major
4 stanzas

Sung to PLEYEL (hymn 240)

Words

In thy house, while now we sing,Tune our hearts, O heavenly King!Then our joyful souls shall blessThee, the Lord, our righteousness.

While to thee our prayers ascend,Let thine ear in love attend;Hear us, for thy Spirit pleads—Hear, for Jesus intercedes.

While we hear thy word with awe,While we tremble at thy law,Let thy gospel's wondrous loveEvery doubt and fear remove.

From thy house when we return,Let our hearts within us burn,That at evening we may say,"We have walked with God to-day."

About this hymn

As printed Text-only hymn in the right column of p. 11, below hymn 17. Header as printed: the number «18» (large, left) and the italic cross-reference line «240, 37, 339.» (= sing to the tune of hymn 240, 37 or 339). Stanzas numbered 1–4; the first word is printed in small capitals («IN»); lines 2–4 are not indented; «James Montgomery.» in italics at the end. The printer's hair space before «!» and «;» (King !, attend ;) is closed up here. In stanza 1, line 2, the «u» of «Tune» is printed from a damaged or wrong sort (it looks like a small «н») — read as «Tune». «pleads—» ends with an em dash; the last line is enclosed in double quotation marks, the opening mark hung in the margin; «to-day» is hyphenated.