This is another Bob Hurd song, and this one we use an awful lot.
It can purchased for download at OCP.
I like the gentle gospel swing style and its obvious use for gathering. You can hear the original version here. This is a version from a big mass that is good – there are lots of versions of youtube but they are mostly too fast and lose the swing, even the 120 I do it at is pushing things a bit.
Refrain
Gather your people, O Lord.
Gather your people, O Lord.
One bread, one body, one spirit of love.
Gather your people, O Lord.Verse 1
Draw us forth to the table of life:
brothers and sisters,
each of us called to walk in your light.Refrain
Verse 2
We are parts of the body of Christ,
needing each other,
each of the gifts the Spirit provides.Refrain
Verse 3
No more harm on the mountain of God;
swords into plowshares.
Free us, O Lord, from hardness of heart.Refrain
Verse 4
Wash us, Lord, in the waters of life;
waters of mercy,
waters of hope that flow from your side.Refrain
© Bob Hurd 1991.