Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: O bow Thine ear eternal One
Topic: Dedication
Writer: John Pierpont
Composer: L Emerson
Meter: LM
Tune: Sessions
Hymn Number: 178
Page Number: 073, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO BOW Thine ear, eternal One!
On Thee our heart, adoring, calls;
To Thee the foll'wers of Thy Son
Have rais'd and now devote these walls.
Here let Thy holy days be kept;
And be this place to worship giv'n,
Like that bright spot where Jacob slept,
The house of God, the gate of heav'n.
Here may Thine honor dwell; and here,
As incense, let Thy children's pray'r,
From contrite hearts and lips sincere,
Rise on the still and holy air.
Here be Thy praise devoutly sung;
Here let Thy truth beam forth to save,
As when, of old, Thy Spirit hung,
On wings of light, o'er Jordan's wave.
And when the lips, that with Thy name
Are vocal now, to dust shall turn,
O others may devotion's flame
Be kindled here, and purely burn!