[Verse 1] D A C G Gm Dm C G Here in this place new light is streaming, now is the darkness vanished away D A C G Gm Dm C D See in this space our fears and our dreamings, brought here to you in the light of this day A C D A A C D G A Gather us in, the lost and forsaken, gather us in, the blind and the lame, D A C G Gm Dm C D Call to us now and we shall awaken, we shall arise at the sound of our name [Verse 2] D A C G Gm Dm C G We are the young, our lives are a myst'ry; we are the old, who yearn for Your face D A C G Gm Dm C D We have been sung throughout all of hist'ry, called to be light to the whole human race A C D A A C D G A Gather us in, the rich and the haughty, gather us in, the proud and the strong, D A C G Gm Dm C D Give us a heart, so meek and so lowly, give us the courage to enter the song [Verse 3] D A C G Gm Dm C G Here we will take the wine and the water, here we will take the bread of new birth D A C G Gm Dm C D Here You shall call Your sons and Your daughters, call us anew to be salt for the earth A C D A A C D G A Give us to drink the wine of compassion, give us to eat the bread that is You D A C G Gm Dm C D Nourish us well and teach us to fashion lives that are holy and hearts that are true [Verse 4] D A C G Gm Dm C G Not in the dark of buildings confining, not in some heaven light years away, D A C G Gm Dm C D Here in this place the new light is shining, now is the Kingdom, now is the day A C D A A C D G A Gather us in and hold us forever, gather us in and make us Your own D A C G Gm Dm C D Gather us in all peoples together, fire of His love in our flesh and our bone
