Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: How honored how dear is that sacred abode
Topic: The Church/Prayer and Social Meetings
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 11s
Tune: How Firm a Foundation
Hymn Number: 439
Page Number: 159, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHow honored, how dear, is that sacred abode
Where Christians draw near to their Father and God!
'Mid worldly commotion, my wearied soul faints
For the house of devotion, the home of thy saints.
Thou hearer of prayer, oh still grant me a place
Where Christians repair to the courts of thy grace!
More blest beyond measure one day so employed,
Than years of vain pleasure by worldlings enjoyed.