Hymn
Social Worship
How charming is the place
Where my Redeemer God
Unveils the beauties of His face
And sheds His love abroad.
Not the fair palaces
To which the great resort,
Are once to be compared with this,
Where Jesus holds His court.
Here, on the mercy-seat,
With radiant glory crowned,
Our joyful eyes behold Him sit
And smile on all around.
To Him their prayers and cries
Each humble soul presents:
He listens to their broken sighs
And grants them all their wants.
To them His sovereign will
He graciously imparts;
And in return accepts, with smiles,
The tribute of their hearts.
Give me, O Lord, a place
Within Thy blest abode,
Among the children of Thy grace,
The servants of my God.
Amen.
Social Worship — Text from The Hymnal, 1895. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/social-worship
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Social Worship?
The words of Social Worship were written by Samuel Stennett; the version here was published in 1895. The library holds 11 more hymns by Samuel Stennett, including The Glorious Presence and Indwelling Sin Lamented.
Is Social Worship public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Hymnal, published in 1895. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of Social Worship?
Social Worship is in Short Metre (6.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Praise for Spiritual and Temporal Mercies, Whom Having Not Seen, Ye Love and God's Word Most Excellent, or Sincerity and Watchfulness.