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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Come to the house of pray'r (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised

Date: 1882

Compiler: A I Hobbs et al

Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co

First Line: Come to the house of pray'r

Topic: Afflictions

Writer: E Taylor

Composer: Lowell Mason

Meter: SM

Tune: Olmutz

Hymn Number: 105

Page Number: 044, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

COME 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.



Thou, whose benignant eye

In mercy looks on all--

Who seest 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.