Father, Again In Jesus' Name We Meet

Father, again in Jesus' Name we meet,

And bow in penitence beneath Your feet;

Again to You our feeble voices raise,

To sue for mercy, and to sing Your praise.

O we would bless You for Your ceaseless care,

And all Your works from day to day declare;

Is not our life with hourly mercies crowned?

Does not Your arm encircle us around?

Alas, unworthy of Your boundless love,

Too oft with careless feet from You we rove;

But now, encouraged by Your voice, we come,

Returning sinners to a Father's home.

O by that Name in Whom all fulness dwells,

O by that love which ev'ry love excels,

O by that blood so freely shed for sin,

Open blest mercy's gate and take us in.