The Cyber Hymnal ‎#866

866. Christ Is Our Cornerstone

1. Christ is our cornerstone,
On Him alone we build;
With His true saints alone
The courts of Heaven are filled;
On His great love our hopes we place
Of present grace and joys above.

2. O then with hymns of praise
These hallowed courts shall ring;
Our voices we will raise
The Three in One to sing;
And thus proclaim in joyful song
Both loud and long, that glorious name.

3. Here, gracious God, do Thou
Forevermore draw nigh;
Accept each faithful vow,
And mark each suppliant sigh;
In copious shower on all who pray,
Each holy day, Thy blessings pour.

4. Here may we gain from Heav’n,
The grace which we implore;
And may that grace, once given,
Be with us evermore;
Until that day when all the blest
To endless rest are called away.

Text Information

• First Line: Christ is our cornerstone
• Title: Christ Is Our Cornerstone
• Latin Title: Angularis fundamentum lapis
• Author: Anonymous (6th or 7th century)
• Translator (from Latin): John Chandler
• Meter: 66.66.88
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns of the Primitive Church, 1837
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: HAREWOOD, Samuel S. Wesley, 1839

Tune Information

• Name: ST. JOHN (Parish)
• Composer (attributed to): William H. Havergal
• Meter: 66.66.88
• Incipit: 13355 11765 45567
• Key: D Major
• Source: Parish Choir, 1851
• Copyright: Public Domain