Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: O bow thine ear Eternal One
Topic: Church/Dedication
Writer: John Pierpont
Composer: Theodore Lwoff
Meter: LM
Tune: Theodore
Hymn Number: 118
Page Number: 045, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO BOW thine ear, Eternal One,
On thee our heart, adoring, calls;
To thee, the followers of thy Son
Have raised, and now devote these walls.
Here let thy holy days be kept;
And be this place to worship given,
Like that bright spot where Jacob slept,
The house of God, the gate of heaven.
Here may thine honor dwell; and here,
As incense, let thy children's prayer,
From contrite hearts and lips sincere,
Rise on the still and holy air.
Here by thy praise devoutly sung;
Here let thy truth beam forth to save,
As when, of old, thy Spirit hung,
On wings of light, o'er Jordan's wave.
And when the lips, that with thy name
Are vocal now, to dust shall turn,
On others may devotion's flame
Be kindled here, and purely burn.