1 Great God, a blessing from your throne
Grant us who lay this corner-stone,
To build a church in which your Word
Is purely taught and gladly heard.
2 The work is yours and not our own;
Oh, come, and make our presence known;
Our prayers accept, our off’rings bless,
Our labors crown with due success.
3 We are the people of your choice,
And while we in this grace rejoice,
Our prayer is this, our constant care,
That others too our bliss may share.
4 Lord, here erect a blessed home
Where Christ will ever bid us come,
From him receiving grace for grace
Till we behold you face to face.
Schuette, Conrad Herman Louis, was born at Vurrel. Hannover, Germany, June 17, 1843, and in 1873 became a Professor in the Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. He contributed 5 original hymns and several translations from the German to the Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal Columbus, Ohio, 1880, under the signature of "C. H. L. S."
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)
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Display Title: Great God, a Blessing from Your ThroneFirst Line: Great God, a blessing from Your throneTune Title: ALLMÄCHTIGER GOTTAuthor: Conrad H. L. SchuetteMeter: LMSource: Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal (Columbus, Ohio: 1880)
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