Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Come to the house of pray'r
Topic: The Church/Prayer and Social Meetings
Writer: E Taylor
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 570
Page Number: 345, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCome to the house of pray'r,
O thou afflicted, come;
The God of peace shall meet thee there;
He makes that house his home.
Come to the house of praise,
Ye who are happy now;
In sweet accord your voices raise,
In kindred homage bow.
Ye aged, hither come.
For you have felt his love;
Soon shall your trembling tonges be dumb,
Your lips forget to move.
Ye young, before his throne
Come, bow; your voices raise;
Let not your heats his praise disown
Who gives the pow'r to praise.
Thou, whose benignant eye
In mercy looks on all,-
Who see'st the tear of misery,
And hear'st the mourner's call-
Up to thy dwelling-place
Bear our frail spirits on,
Till they outstrip time's tardy pace,
And heav'n on earth be won.