Jesus, stand among us

Jesus, stand among us. William Pennefather* (1816-1873). Written for one of the Mildmay Conferences on home and foreign missions, and therefore probably first published in leaflet form. It then appeared in Pennefather’s Original Hymns and Thoughts in Verse (1875), with the heading ‘“Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent Me, even so send I you” — John xx. 21.’ It is also based on Luke 24: 36 (John 20: 26): ‘Jesus himself stood in the midst of them…’. The usual text is of three stanzas: Jesus, stand among us  In Thy risen power;Let this time of worship  Be a hallowed hour. Breathe the Holy Spirit  Into every heart;Bid the fears and sorrows  From each soul...