Jesus Christ the Corner Stone

On this stone now laid with prayer

Author: John Pierpont
Published in 39 hymnals

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1 On this stone now laid with prayer
Let Thy church rise strong and fair;
Ever, Lord, Thy Name be known,
Where we lay this corner-stone.

2 Let Thy holy Child, who came
Man from error to reclaim,
And for sinners to atone,
Bless, with Thee, this corner-stone.

3 May Thy Spirit here give rest
To the heart by sin oppressed,
And the seeds of truth be sown,
Where we lay this corner-stone.

4 Open wide, O God, Thy door,
For the outcast and the poor,
Who can call no house their own,
Where we lay this corner-stone.

5 By wise master-builders squared,
Here be living stones prepared
For the temple near Thy throne,
Jesus Christ its Corner-stone.

Amen.

Source: The Hymnal and Order of Service #274

Author: John Pierpont

Pierpont, John, son of James Pierpont, of Litchfield, Connecticut, was born at Litchfield, April 6, 1785, and educated at Yale College, where he graduated in 1804. After fulfilling engagements as a Tutor in New Haven, and in Charlestown, South Carolina, he was admitted to the Bar in 1812. Shortly after he retired and went into business, only to leave it also, and to pass on to Harvard College as a student in theology. In 1819 he succeeded Dr. Holley as the pastor of the Unitarian congregation in Hollis Street, Boston. At length his zeal against intemperance and slavery caused him to resign his charge in 1840 [sic. 1845] (see Lothrop's Proceedings of an Eccl. Council in the case of the Hollis Street Meeting and the Rev. J. Pierpont). At this… Go to person page >

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First Line: On this stone now laid with prayer
Title: Jesus Christ the Corner Stone
Author: John Pierpont
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #963

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Free Methodist Hymnal #673

Glorious Gospel Hymns #d430

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #692

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d408

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #692

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #857

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #857

Hymns for Divine Worship in Churches and Sunday Schools and at Various Occasions #d125

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d385

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #963

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New Hymn and Tune book #325c

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New Hymn and Tune Book #325c

Praise and Worship #438

Praise and Worship #438

Standard Church Hymns and Gospel Songs #d230

The A. M. E. Zion Hymnal #617

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d326

The Advent Christian Hymnal. Rev. #d278

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d626

The Book of Hymns #d386

The Churches of God Hymnal. #d420

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The Cyber Hymnal #5407

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The Evangelical Hymnal #413

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The Evangelical Hymnal. Text edition #413

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The Heart and Voice #299d

The Hymnal #533

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The Hymnal and Order of Service #274

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The Hymnal and Order of Service #274

The Hymnal of the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod. Text ed. #d459

The Hymnal #358

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The Methodist Hymnal (Text only edition) #657

The Methodist Hymnal #d386

The Methodist Hymnal #548

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The Methodist Hymnal #657

The Methodist Protestant Church Hymnal #d364

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The Primitive Methodist Church Hymnal #423

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #673

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