Number: 324
English: Tune; S & S #962
Title: Poor and Needy, Lord, We Gather
Name: 
Words: Sam Jones
Music: P. P. Bliss
Copyright: Lyrics written in Tasmania in 1924
Meter: 
Form: 

Poor and need¤y, Lord, we gath¤er
Hum¤bly at Thy Throne of grace.
From our hearts like in¤cense ris¤ing,
Prayers as¤cend be¤fore Thy face,
Trem¤bling in our fear and weak¤ness,
Feel¤ing that our need is great.
Lord of Hosts, look down in pit¤y,
And re¤gard our low es¤tate.

Chorus:
Fa¤ther, God, our heart’s deep long¤ing
Now as¤cends be¤fore Thy Throne,
Fill us with Thy Ho¤ly Spir¤it,
Thus we shall be Thine a¤lone.
as¤cends be¤fore Thy Throne
Fill us with Thy Spir¤it,

Poor and need¤y, we are long¤ing
For the child¤like heart and mind,
Leav¤ing earth¤ly lore and wis¤dom,
Self and na¤ture far be¤hind.
Lord, re¤spect our souls deep yearn¤ing,
Flee¤ing now from self and sin,
Great¤ly we de¤sire Thy beau¤ty,
Make us glo¤rious, Lord, with¤in.

Poor and need¤y: gra¤cious Fa¤ther,
Whom have we to take our part?
In Thy love and ten¤der mer¤cy,
Bind and heal each bro¤ken heart;
Ban¤ish all our grief and mourn¤ing,
Oil of glad¤ness now im¤part,
Dwell with¤in Thy Ho¤ly Tem¤ple,
Come and nev¤er¤more de¤part.

Spir¤it of the low¤ly Je¤sus,
Plead¤ing now in Heaven a¤bove,
Fill these hearts with Thine own hon¤our,
With Thy nev¤er fail¤ing love,
In this world of trib¤u¤la¤tion,
Eve¤ry oth¤er power must fail;
Love di¤vine our hearts pos¤sess¤ing,
Strong as death it shall pre¤vail.