Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: You may sing of the beauty of mountain and dale
Topic: The Church/Prayer and Social Meetings
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: T Perkins
Tune: The House of the Lord
Hymn Number: 434
Page Number: 157, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsYou may sing of the beau-ty of mountain and dale,
Of the sil-ver-y streamlets and flowers of the vale;
But the place most delight-ful this earth can af-ford,
Is the place of de-votion, the house of the Lord.
You may boast of the sweetness of day's ear-ly dawn,
Of the sky's softening graces when day is just gone;
But there's no oth-er sea-son or time can compare
With the hour of devotion, the sea-son of prayer
You may value the friendships of youth and of age,
And select for your comrades the noble and sage;
But the friends that most cheer me on life's rugged road
Are the friends of my Master, the children of God.
You may talk of your prospects of fame, or of wealth,
And the hopes that oft flatter the favorites of health;
But the hope of bright glory, of heavenly bliss-
Take away every other, and give me but this.
Ever hail, blessed temple, abode of my Lord!
I will turn to thee often, to hear from his word;
I will walk to thine altar with those that I love,
And rejoice in the prospects revealed from above.