Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: O thou whose own vast temple stands
Topic: Dedication
Writer: W Bryant
Composer: Israel Holdroyd
Meter: CM
Tune: Rochester
Hymn Number: 41
Page Number: 021, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO THOU, whose own vast temple stands
Built over earth and sea,
Accept the walls that human hands
Have rais'd to worship Thee.
Lord, from Thine inmost glory send,
Within these courts to bide,
The peace that dwelleth, without end,
Serenely by Thy side.
May erring minds that worship here
Be taught the better way;
And they who mourn, and they who fear,
Be strengthen'd as they pray.
May faith grow firm, and love grow warm,
And pure devotion rise.
While round these hallow'd walls the storm
Of earth-born passion dies.