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WE GATHER TOGETHER

11/25/2020

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                                                           We gather together
                                         To ask the Lord's blessing
                                         He chastens and hastens 
                                         His will to be do be done
                                       
                                         The wicked oppressing 
                                         Now cease from distressing
                                         Sing praises to his name
                                         He forgets not his own 

                                         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

                                         We all do extol thee
                                         Thou leader triumphant
                                         And pray that thou still
                                         Our defender will be
                                         
                                         Let thy congregation
                                         Escape tribulation
                                         Thy name ever be praised
                                         O Lord, make us free

                                         (First published in 1626 in
                                         the Netherlands, author unknown)

                                         Please ponder these verses carefully.
                                         They certainly apply to America, today,
                                         especially this Thanksgiving, 2020)
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