Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: The perfect world by Adam trod
Topic: Times and Seasons/Dedicatory
Writer: N Willis
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1300
Page Number: 777, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTHE perfect world, by Adam trod,
Was the first temple built to God;
His flat laid the corner-stone,
And heaved its pillars one by one.
He hung its starry roof on high-
The broad, illimitable sky;
He spread its pavement, green and bright,
And curtained it with morning light.
The mountains in their places stood,
The sea-the sky-and "all was good;"
And when its first few praise rang
The "morning stars together sang."
Lord, 't is not ours to make the sea,
And earth, and sky, and house for thee;
But in thy sight our off'ring stands-
An humbler temple, "made with hands."
We can not bid the morning star
To sing how bright thy glories are;
But, Lord, if thou wilt meet us here,
Thy praise shall be the Christian's tear.