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Text:Built by Jehovah's Hand
Author:Joseph Proud, 1745-1826
Tune:ST. THOMAS (Williams)
Composer:Aaron Williams
Media:MIDI file

688. Built by Jehovah's Hand

1. Built by Jehovah’s hand,
The holy city see:
Its happy gates wide open stand:
To enter all are free.

2. One bright, eternal day
Shall in the city reign,
Darkness and death are fled away,
Ne’er to return again.

3. O blessèd, happy state!
Great God, we thankful come,
Low at Thy footstool humbly wait,
And make Thy church our home.

4. Jerusalem shall be
Our peaceful, blest abode:
Here we will love and honor Thee,
Our Savior and our God!

Text Information
First Line: Built by Jehovah's hand
Title: Built by Jehovah's Hand
Author: Joseph Proud, 1745-1826
Meter: SM
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ST. THOMAS (Williams)
Composer: Aaron Williams (1770)
Meter: SM
Incipit: 51132 12345 43432
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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