The Dwelling Place of God

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God dwells in Heaven: He rules above

Author: Henry Ware, Jr. (1813)
Tune: CROWLE
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 God dwells in Heaven: He rules above,
In everlasting might,
Beyond where stars their courses move,
In uncreated light.

2 God dwells in hell: His vengeance there
Gleams through the black abode;
The realms of anguish and despair
Confess the present God.

3 God dwells on earth; and all around
We view His wondrous power;
His terrors in the thunder sound,
His mercies in the shower.

4 When man erects a house of prayer,
There God resides within,
To witness every feeling there,
And pardon every sin.

5 But most of all the Lord resides
Within a humble mind;
The worth that modest merit hides
His grace is sure to find.

6 By pious men He may be found,
And everywhere adored;
Where’er they tread is holy ground,
A temple to the Lord.

7 O, let me find Thee everywhere—
Around me, and within!
Be every day a day of prayer,
And pure from every sin.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #9983

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Author: Henry Ware, Jr.

Ware, Henry, D.D., son of Dr. H. Ware, pastor of the Unitarian congregation at Hingham, Massachusetts, and afterward Hollis Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, U.S.A., was born at Hingham, April 21, 1794. Before going to Harvard College, in 1808, he was under the care of Dr. Allyn, at Duxbury, and then of Judge Ware, at Cambridge. He graduated at Harvard in high honours, in 1812; and was then for two years an assistant teacher in Exeter Academy. He was licensed to preach by the Boston Unitarian Association, July 31, 1815; and ordained pastor of the Second Church of that city, Jan. 1, 1817. In 1829, in consequence of his ill health, he received the assistance of a co-pastor in the person of Ralph Waldo Emerson. In the same year Ware was appo… Go to person page >

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First Line:	God dwells in Heaven: He rules above
Title:	The Dwelling Place of God
Author:	Henry Ware, Jr. (1813)
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain