Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: O thou whose own vast temple stands
Topic: Church/Zion
Writer: W Bryant
Composer: Franc Guillaume
Meter: CM
Tune: Dundee
Hymn Number: 29
Page Number: 011, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO Thou, whose own vast temple stands
Built over earth and sea,
Accept the walls that human hands
Have raised to worship thee.
Lord, from thine inmost glory send,
Within these courts to bide,
The peace that dwelleth, without end,
Serenely by thy side.
May erring minds that worship here,
Be taught the better way;
And they who mourn, and they who fear,
Be strengthened as they pray.
May faith grow firm, and love grow warm
And pure devotion rise,
While round these hallowed walls the storm
Of earth-born passions dies.