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The United Methodist Hymnal · No. 131 · Words: Theodore Baker, trans. · Tune: KREMSER
We Gather Together
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A Dutch hymn of national thanksgiving originally collected by Adrianus Valerius in 1626, translated into English by Theodore Baker in 1894. Widely sung at Thanksgiving in the United States, it celebrates God's guidance, protection, and faithfulness to his people.
Verse 1
We gather together
to ask the Lord’s blessing;
he chastens and hastens
his will to make known.
The wicked oppressing
now cease
from distressing.
Sing praises to his name;
he forgets not his own.
Verse 2
Beside us to guide us,
our God with us joining,
ordaining, maintaining
his kingdom divine;
so from the beginning
the fight we were winning;
thou, Lord,
wast at our side,
all glory be thine!
Verse 3
We all do extol thee,
thou leader triumphant,
and pray that
thou still
our defender wilt be.
Let thy congregation
escape tribulation;
thy name be ever praised!
O Lord, make us free!
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