1. Brethren, we have met to worship
And adore the Lord our God;
Will you pray with all your power.
While we try to preach the word?
All is vain unless the Spirit
Of the Holy One comes down:
Brethren, pray, and holy manna
Will be showered all around.
2. Brethren, see poor sinners round you
Slumbering on the brink of woe;
Death is coming, hell is moving,
Can you bear to let them go?
See our fathers, and our mothers.
And our children sinking down;
Brethren, pray, and holy manna
Will be showered all around.
3. Brethren, here are poor backsliders.
Who were once near heaven's door.
But they have betrayed their Savior,
And are worse than e'er before;
Yet the Savior offers pardon.
If they will lament their wound;
Brethren, pray and holy manna
Will be showered all around.
4. Sisters, will you join and help, like
Moses' sisters helped him.
While you see the trembling sinners.
Who are struggling hard with sin?
Tell them all about the Savior,
Tell them that he will be found:
Pray on, sisters, and the manna
Will be showered all around.
5. Let us love our God supremely.
Let us love each other too.
Let us love and pray for sinners,
Till our God makes all things new;
Then he'll call us home to heaven.
At his table we'll sit down:
Christ will gird himself and serve us
With sweet manna all around.
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