Gather us in, Thou Love that fillest all; Gather our rival faiths within Thy fold; Rend each man'��s temple veil, and bid it fall, That we may know that Thou hast been of old.
Gather us in'�'we worship only Thee; In varied names we stretch a common hand; In diverse forms a common soul we see; In many ships we seek one spirit land.
Thine is the mystic life great India craves; Thine is the Parsee'��s sin-destroying beam; Thine is the Buddhist'��s rest from tossing waves; Thine is the empire of vast China'��s dream.
Thine is the Roman'��s strength without his pride; Thine is the Greek'��s glad world without its graves; Thine is Judea'��s law with love beside, The truth that censures and the grace that saves.
Some seek a Father in the heav'��ns above; Some ask a human image to adore; Some crave a spirit vast as life and love; Within Thy mansions we have all and more.
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George Matheson was a Scottish theologian and preacher.
He was educated at the University of Glasgow, where he graduated first in classics, logic and philosophy. In his twentieth year he became totally blind, but he held to his resolve to enter the ministry, and gave himself to theological and historical study.
However, he was academically gifted, and his sisters learned Latin, Greek, and Hebrew to help him study. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh (MA 1862), then became a minister in the Church of Scotland. He pastored in the resort town of Innelan for 18 years; due to his ability to memorize sermons and entire sections of the Bible, listeners were often unaware he was blind. In 1886, Matheson became pastor of St. Bernard's Church in Edinburgh, where he served 13 years. He spent the remaining years of his life in literary efforts.