Building for Eternity

We are building in sorrow or joy

Author: N. B. Sargent
Tune: [We are building in sorrow or joy] (Sargent)
Published in 21 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 We are building in sorrow or joy
A temple the world may not see,
Which time cannot mar nor destroy:
We build for eternity.

Chorus:
We are building, ev'ry day,
A temple the world may not see;
Building, building ev'ry day,
Building for eternity!

2 Ev'ry tho't that we've ever had,
Its own little place has fill'd;
Ev'ry deed we have done, good or bad,
Is a stone in the temple we build. [Chorus]

3 Ev'ry word that so lightly falls,
Giving some heart joy or pain,
Will shine in our temple wall,
Or ever its beauty stain. [Chorus]

4 Are you building for God alone?
Are you building in faith and love,
A temple the Father will own,
In the city of light above? [Chorus]

Source: Christ in Song: for all religious services nearly one thousand best gospel hymns, new and old with responsive scripture readings (Rev. and Enl.) #33

Author: N. B. Sargent

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Text Information

First Line: We are building in sorrow or joy
Title: Building for Eternity
Author: N. B. Sargent
Language: English
Refrain First Line: We are building every day
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #685
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Instances

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Christ in Song #33

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Christian Endeavor Edition of Sacred Songs No. 1 #176

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Christian Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #199

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Church and Sunday School Hymnal with Supplement #519

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Crowning Day, No. 6 #134

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Evangelical Hymnal #721

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Favorite Sacred Songs for Church and Home #4

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Favorite Solos #1

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Hymn Book of the United Evangelical Church #721

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Hymns New and Old, Revised #55

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Hymns New and Old #121

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Revival Hymns #213

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Sacred Songs No. 1 #176

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Sermons in Song No. 3 #93

Spiritual hymns of worship #d506

Standard Hymns and Gospel Songs. Evangelical Congregational Church ed. #d96

The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #551

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The Cyber Hymnal #685

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The Finest of the Wheat No. 2 #2

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The Gospel Pilot Hymnal #104

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