1 To your temple I draw near;
Lord, I love to worship here.
Here are sacrament and Word;
Here believers meet their Lord.
2 I through Christ am reconciled;
I through Christ become your child.
Abba, Father, give me grace
In your courts to seek your face.
3 While your glorious praise is sung,
Touch my lips, unloose my tongue,
That my joyful soul may bless
Christ the Lord, my righteousness.
4 While the prayers of saints ascend,
God of love, to mine attend.
Hear me, for your Spirit pleads;
Hear, for Jesus intercedes.
5 While I listen to your law,
Fill my soul with holy awe
Till your gospel brings to me
Life and immortality.
6 While your ministers proclaim
Peace and pardon in your name,
Through their voice, by faith, may I
Hear you speaking from the sky.
7 From your house, when I return,
May my heart within me burn,
And at evening let me say,
"I have walked with God today."
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First Line: | To your temple I draw near, Lord |
Title: | To Your Temple I Draw Near |
Author: | James Montgomery, 1771-1854 (alt.) |
Meter: | 77 77 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1993 |
Topic: | Opening of Service |
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Name: | GOTT SEI DANK DURCH ALLE WELT |
Meter: | 77 77 |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | J. A. Freylinghausen, Geist-reiches Gesang-buch, Halle,1704, alt. |
Notes: | Alternate setting: 76 |
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Audio recording: | Piano Harmony (auto-generated) |