Author: Johns Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #280 (1866) Meter: 6.6.8.6 First Line: O! Know ye not that ye Lyrics:
O! know ye not that ye
The temple are of God?
Revere the earth-built shrine, where He
Should find a meet abode!
Immortal man, keep pure
Thyself, that mystic shrine;
Let hate of all that's dark endure,
And love of all divine.
Let saintly thoughts be shown
In act by saintly things;
Like glories through the temple thrown,
From cherub’s curtained wings.
Let life, a holy stream,
Its fountain holy show;
Reflecting, with a softened gleam,
Heaven’s purity below.
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