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Believers Hymn Book · No. 100 · Words: George Burden Bubier · Tune: St. Anne St. Etheldreda

I would commune with Thee, my God;

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A Victorian devotional hymn in which the believer expresses a longing to draw near to God in prayer, finding calm and spiritual elevation above life's storms. Associated with the Plymouth Brethren tradition.

Verse 1

I would commune with Thee, my God;
E'en to Thy seat I come;
I leave my joys, I leave my sins,
And seek in Thee my home.

Verse 2

I stand upon the mount of God
With sunlight in my soul;
I hear the storms in vales beneath;
I hear the thunders roll.

Verse 3

But I am calm with Thee, my God,
Beneath these glorious skies;
And to the height on which I stand
Nor storms nor clouds can rise.

Verse 4

O this is life! O this is joy!
My God, to find Thee so;
Thy face to see, Thy voice to hear,
And all Thy love to know.

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