Lift the strain of high thanksgiving!
Tread with songs the hallowed way!
Praise our fathers’ God for mercies
New to us their sons today:
Here they built for Him a dwelling,
Served Him here in ages past,
Fixed it for His sure possession,
Holy ground, while time shall last.
When the years
had wrought their changes,
He, our own unchanging God,
Thought on this His habitation,
Looked on His decayed abode;
Heard our prayers,
and helped our counsels,
Blessed the silver and the gold,
Till once more His house is standing
Firm and stately as of old.
Entering then Thy gates with praises,
Lord, be ours Thine Israel’s prayer:
“Rise into Thy place of resting,
Show Thy promised presence there!”
Let the gracious Word be spoken
Here, as once on Sion’s height,
“This shall be My rest forever,
This my dwelling of delight.”
John Ellerton 1826 - 1893 ( 66 Years )
for much more go to: eHymnBook.org
Tread with songs the hallowed way!
Praise our fathers’ God for mercies
New to us their sons today:
Here they built for Him a dwelling,
Served Him here in ages past,
Fixed it for His sure possession,
Holy ground, while time shall last.
When the years
had wrought their changes,
He, our own unchanging God,
Thought on this His habitation,
Looked on His decayed abode;
Heard our prayers,
and helped our counsels,
Blessed the silver and the gold,
Till once more His house is standing
Firm and stately as of old.
Entering then Thy gates with praises,
Lord, be ours Thine Israel’s prayer:
“Rise into Thy place of resting,
Show Thy promised presence there!”
Let the gracious Word be spoken
Here, as once on Sion’s height,
“This shall be My rest forever,
This my dwelling of delight.”
John Ellerton 1826 - 1893 ( 66 Years )
for much more go to: eHymnBook.org
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