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To Thee this temple we devote

Author: Jacob R. Scott Hymnal: Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #297 (1899) Topics: Churches Dedication Lyrics: 1 To Thee this temple we devote, Our Father and our God; Accept it Thine, and seal it now Thy Spirit's blest abode. 2 Here may the prayer of faith ascend, The voice of praise arise; Oh, may each lowly service prove Accepted sacrifice. 3 Here may the sinner learn his guilt, And weep before his Lord; Here, pardoned, sing a Saviour's love, And here his vows record. 4 Here may affliction dry the tear, And learn to trust in God; Convinced it is a Father smites, And love that guides the rod. 5 Peace be within these sacred walls, Prosperity be here, Still smile upon Thy people, Lord, And evermore be near. Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: STEPHENS

God of love, our Father Saviour

Author: H. W. Robilliard Hymnal: The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #298 (1894) Meter: 8.7 Topics: Consecration of Churches Lyrics: 1 God of love, our Father Saviour, Holy Spirit, Thee we praise! Triune God, all thought transcending, Fain would we a temple raise Worthy of Thy loving kindness, Hallowed thro' all earthly days. 2 Make these stones a hallowed symbol, Saints of God who run may read, Types of those whom, blest Redeemer, Thou from sin and woe hast freed, Pillars Thou hast hewn and shapen, Thine elect in every deed! 3 Lord! restore the gates of Sion, Let her courts with praise resound! May Thy light and love descending Shed their radiant joys around, So shall man reveal Thy glory: Earth, like heaven, be hallowed ground! Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: [God of love, our Father, Saviour]

Invoking God's presence and blessing

Hymnal: New Hymn and Tune Book #301b (1889) Topics: Erection of Churches Dedication First Line: Great King of glory, come Scripture: 1 Kings 8:27 Languages: English

Jesus Christ the corner-stone

Hymnal: New Hymn and Tune Book #325c (1889) Topics: Erection of Churches Laying a Cornerstone First Line: On this stone, now laid with prayer Scripture: 1 Peter 2:6 Languages: English

Prayer and praise

Hymnal: New Hymn and Tune Book #327c (1889) Topics: Erection of Churches Dedication First Line: Lord of hosts! to thee we raise Scripture: Isaiah 56:7 Languages: English

The living Name

Hymnal: New Hymn and Tune Book #379d (1889) Topics: Erection of Churches Laying a Cornerstone First Line: Thou, who hast in Zion laid Scripture: Isaiah 28:16 Languages: English

How pleasant, how divinely fair

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #424 (1835) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Delight and safety in the church; Church God's presence there; God present in his churches Lyrics: How pleasant, how divinely fair, O Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are! With long desire my spirit faints To meet th' assemblies of thy saints. My flesh would rest in thine abode, My panting heart cries out for God; My God! my King! why should I be So far from all my joys and thee? The sparrow chooses where to rest, And for her young provides her nest; But will my God to sparrows grant That pleasure which his children want? Blest are the saints who sit on high Around thy throne of majesty; Thy brightest glories shine above, And all their work is praise and love. Blest are the souls who find a place Within the temple of thy grace; There they behold thy gentler rays, And seek thy face, and learn thy praise. Blest are the men whose hearts are set To find the way to Zion's gate; God is their strength, and through the road They lean upon their helper God. Cheerful they walk with growing strength, Till all shall meet in heav'n at length, Till all before thy face appear, And join in nobler worship there. Scripture: Psalm 84 Languages: English

Great God, attend, while Sion sings

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #425 (1835) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Delight and safety in the church; Church God's presence there; God present in his churches Lyrics: Great God, attend, while Zion sings The joy that from thy presence springs: To spend one day with thee on earth Exceeds a thousand days of mirth. Might I enjoy the meanest place Within thy house, O God of grace, Not tents of ease, nor thrones of power, Should tempt my feet to leave thy door. God is our sun, he makes our day; God is our shield, he guards our way From all th' assaults of hell and sin, From foes without and foes within. All needful grace will God bestow, And crown that grace with glory too! He gives us all things, and withholds No real good from upright souls. O God, our King, whose sovereign sway The glorious hosts of heav'n obey, And devils at thy presence flee, Blest is the man that trusts in thee. Scripture: Psalm 84 Languages: English

My soul, how lovely is the place

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #426 (1835) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Delight and safety in the church; Church God's presence there; God present in his churches Lyrics: My soul, how lovely is the place To which thy God resorts! 'Tis heav'n to see his smiling face, Though in his earthly courts. There the great Monarch of the skies His saving power displays, And light breaks in upon our eyes With kind and quick'ning rays. With his rich gifts the heav'nly Dove Descends and fills the place, While Christ reveals his wondrous love, And sheds abroad his grace. There, mighty God, thy words declare The secrets of thy will; And still we seek thy mercy there, And sing thy praises still. My heart and flesh cry out for thee, While far from thine abode; When shall I tread thy courts, and see My Savior and my God? The sparrow builds herself a nest, And suffers no remove; O make me, like the sparrows, blest, To dwell but where I love. To sit one day beneath thine eye, And hear thy gracious voice, Exceeds a whole eternity Employed in carnal joys. Lord, at thy threshold I would wait While Jesus is within, Rather than fill a throne of state, Or live in tents of sin. Could I command the spacious land, And the more boundless sea, For one blest hour at thy right hand I'd give them both away. Scripture: Psalm 84:10 Languages: English

Lord of the worlds above

Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #427 (1835) Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Topics: Delight and safety in the church; Church God's presence there; God present in his churches Lyrics: Lord of the worlds above, How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of thy love, Thy earthly temples are! To thine abode My heart aspires, With warm desires To see my God. The sparrow for her young With pleasure seeks a nest, And wand'ring swallows long To find their wonted rest: My spirit faints With equal zeal To rise and dwell Among thy saints. O happy souls that pray Where God appoints to hear! O happy men that pay Their constant service there! They praise thee still And happy they That love the way To Zion's hill. They go from strength to strength, Through this dark vale of tears, Till each arrives at length, Till each in heav'n appears: O glorious seat, When God our King Shall thither bring Our willing feet! To spend one sacred day Where God and saints abide, Affords diviner joy Than thousand days beside: Where God resorts, I love it more To keep the door Than shine in courts. God is our sun and shield, Our light and our defence; With gifts his hands are filled, We draw our blessings thence: He shall bestow On Jacob's race Peculiar grace And glory too. The Lord his people loves; His hand no good withholds From those his heart approves, From pure and pious souls: Thrice happy he, O God of hosts, Whose spirit trusts Alone in thee. Scripture: Psalm 84 Languages: English