Text: | O Lord of hosts, whose glory fills |
Author: | Dr. J. M. Neale, 1818-1866 |
Tune: | SAMSON |
Composer: | G. F. Handel, 1685-1759 |
1 O Lord of hosts, whose glory fills
The bounds of the eternal hills,
And yet vouchsafes, in Christian lands,
To dwell in temples made with hands.
2 Grant that all we who here to-day
Rejoicing this foundation lay,
May be in very deed Thine own,
Built on the precious Corner-Stone.
3 Endue the creatures with the grace
That shall adorn Thy dwelling place;
The beauty of the oak and pine,
The gold and silver, make them Thine.
4 To Thee they all pertain; to Thee
The treasures of the earth and sea;
And when we bring them to Thy throne
We but present Thee with Thine own.
5 The heads that guide endue with skill;
The hands that work preserve from ill;
That we, who these foundations lay,
May raise the topstone in its day.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Lord of hosts, whose glory fills |
Author: | Dr. J. M. Neale, 1818-1866 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | Christ: Corner-Stone, the; Church: Laying foundation; Corner-Stone, laying(5 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SAMSON |
Composer: | G. F. Handel, 1685-1759 |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | E♭ Major |