6848 8. 8 8. 8 8
LO! God is here! let us adore,
    And own how holy is this place!
Let all within us feel His power,
    And silent bow before His face;
To know His power, His grace to prove,
Praise Him with awe and reverent love.
 
2  Lo! God is here! Whom day and night
    The united choirs of angels sing:
To Him, enthroned above all height,
    Heaven’s hosts their noblest praises bring:
Disdain not, Lord, our meaner song,
Who praise Thee with a stammering tongue!
 
3  Being of beings, may our praise
    Thy courts with grateful fragrance fill;
Still may we stand before Thy face,
    Still hear and do Thy sovereign will:
To Thee may all our thoughts arise,
Ceaseless, accepted sacrifice.
 
Gerhard Tersteegen, 1697-1769,
tr John Wesley, 1703-91