Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: In sweet exalted strains (FL)

Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book

Date: 1882

Compiler: Fillmore Brothers

Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers

First Line: In sweet exalted strains

Topic: Church/Dedication

Writer: Benjamin Francis

Composer: John Darwall

Meter: HM

Tune: Darwall

Hymn Number: 424

Page Number: 139, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

IN SWEET, exalted strains,

The King of glory praise:

O'er heaven and earth he reigns,

Through everlasting days:

Beneath this roof, O deign to show

How God can dwell with men below.



Here may thine ears attend

Our interceding cries,

And grateful praise ascend,

All fragrant, to the skies;

Here may thy word melodious sound,

And spread the joys of heaven around.



Here may th' attentive throng

Imbibe thy truth and love;

And converts join the song

Of seraphim above;

And willing crowds surround thy board,

With sacred joy and sweet accord.



Here may our unborn sons

And daughters sound thy praise,

And shine like polished stones

Through long-succeeding days;

Here, Lord, display thy saving power,

While temples stand and men adore.