Let Us Go to the House of the Lord

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1 I was glad, and my heart did rejoice at the sound,
When the bless'd invitation I heard;
'Twas the voice of the many redeemed, and they said,
"Let us go to the house of the Lord."

Refrain:
Then go to the house of the Lord,
Then go to the house of the Lord,
With anthems and songs of thanksgiving and praise,
"Let us go to the house of the Lord."

2 All the pleasures of revelry, pastime, and mirth,
All the joys that the world can afford,
Cannot once be compared to the peace and the bliss
of a day in the house of the Lord. [Refrain]

3 May the time come to pass, and the day soon appear,
That is promised to us in the Word,
When the nations of earth all together shall call,
"Let us go to the house of the Lord." [Refrain]

Source: Hymns of the Restoration #22

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Author: Charles M. Fillmore

Charles Millard Fillmore, 1860-1952 Born: Ju­ly 15, 1860, Par­is, Il­li­nois. Died: Sep­tem­ber 17, 1952, In­di­an­a­po­lis, In­di­a­na. Fillmore won a mu­sic schol­ar­ship at the Cin­cin­na­ti Coll­ege of Mu­sic, then taught for a year at Bath Sem­in­a­ry in Ow­ings­ville, Ken­tucky. He then tra­veled for about a year and taught sing­ing class­es in var­i­ous parts of Amer­i­ca. He then went for ad­di­tion­al mu­sic stu­dies in Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio. He stu­died for the min­is­try at But­ler Un­i­ver­si­ty in In­di­an­a­po­lis, In­di­a­na, grad­u­at­ing in 1890. He pas­tored in La­fay­ette, In­di­a­na; Shel­by­ville, In­di­a­na; was "State Evan­gel­ist" (for on… Go to person page >

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First Line: I was glad and my heart did rejoice at the sound
Title: Let Us Go to the House of the Lord
Author: Charles M. Fillmore
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O come to the house of the Lord
Copyright: Public Domain
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