4 0 Thou! who o'er the cherubim 962 THIS God's guardian presence. L. M. HIS stone to thee, in faith, we lay; This temple, Lord, to thee we raise; Thine eye be open night and day, To guard this house of prayer and praise. 2 Within these walls let heavenly peace And holy love and concord dwell; Here give the burden'd conscience ease, And here the wounded spirit heal. 3 But will, indeed, Jehovah deign Here to abide, no transient guest? Here will our great Redeemer reign, And here the Holy Spirit rest? 4 Ne'er let thy glory hence depart: Yet choose not, Lord, this shrine alone; Thy Spirit dwell in every heart,In every bosom fix thy throne. 963 5th P. M. 4 lines 7s.. Jesus Christ the corner-stone. this stone, now laid with prayer, 4 Open wide, O God, thy door, 964 G DEDICATION. 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8s. Invoking God's presence and blessing. This people as thine own: Beneath this roof, O deign to show Like incense, to the skies: Here may thy soul-converting word Till all, who humbly seek thy face, 965 The honour and safety of a nation. YREAT is the Lord our God, And let his praise be great; 2 These temples of his grace, 3 In Zion God is known, 4 In every new distress We'll to his house repair; S. M. We'll think upon his wondrous grace, And seek deliv'rance there. 966 5th P. M. 4 lines 7s. Prayer and praise. and praise: ORD of hosts! to thee we raise Here a house of prayer Thou thy people's hearts prepare, 2 Let the living here be fed Prayer and praise till time shall end. 967 0 A blessing supplicated. C. M. GOD, though countless worlds of light Though round thy throne, above all height, 2 Yet, Lord, where'er thy saints apart 4 Here, Saviour, deign thy saints to meet; With peace their hearts to fill; And here, like Sharon's odours sweet, 5 Here may thy truth fresh triumphs win; Eternal Spirit, here, In many a heart now dead in sin, A living temple rear. 968 Jehovah's presence. L. M. NJehovah's' presence can confine; OT heaven's wide range of hallow'd space Nor angels' claims restrain his grace, It glow'd to guide benighted man. Or tune their hearts to grateful praise. 4 Be this, O Lord, that honour'd place, The house of God, the gate of heaven; And may the fulness of thy grace To all who here shall meet be given. 5 And hence, in spirit, may we soar To those bright courts where seraphs bend; With awe like theirs, on earth adore, Till with their anthems ours shall blend. 969 The tokens of His grace. will the eternal God On earth establish his abode ? And will he, from his radiant throne, Accept our temples for his own? L. M. 2 These walls we to thy honour raise; 970 L. M. An humble offering to Jehovah. THE His fiat laid the corner-stone; He spake, and lo! the work was done. He spread its pavement, green and bright, |