Love for the Lord's House

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My heart was glad to hear the welcome sound

Tune: MORECAMBE
Published in 10 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	Beneath the Cross

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	From the Cross to the Crown (Distinctive…

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1 My heart was glad to hear the welcome sound,
the call to seek Jehovah's house of prayer;
our feet are standing here on holy ground,
within thy gates, thou city grand and fair.

2 God's people to Jerusalem repair
to hear his word and worship him with praise;
the throne of justice stands eternal there,
Messiah's throne through endless length of days.

3 Let earnest prayer be made for Zion's peace;
thy sons who hold thee dear shall prosper well;
may blessing in thy palaces increase
and peace within thy walls forever dwell.

4 For all my brethren and companions' sakes
my prayer shall be, let peace in thee abide;
since God the Lord in thee his dwelling makes,
to thee my love shall never be denied.

Source: Trinity Psalter Hymnal #122B

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First Line:	My heart was glad to hear the welcome sound
Title:	Love for the Lord's House
Meter:	10.10.10.10
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Psalm 122
(hymns)

Year A, Advent, First Sunday
Psalm 122

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MORECAMBE

MORECAMBE was composed in 1870 by Frederick C. Atkinson (b. Norwich, England, 1841; d. East Dereham, England, 1896) as a setting for Henry Lyte's "Abide with Me" (442). It was first published in G. S. Barrett and E.J. Hopkins's Congregational Church Hymnal (1887). The tune is named for a coastal tow…

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Piano/Organ Beneath the Cross COLLECTED WORKS OF DON HUSTAD Praise to the Lord: Accessible Hymn Settings for Organ More Piano/Organ...
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Handbells From the Cross to the Crown (Distinctive settings for Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Ascension, and Pentecost for 2 or 3 octaves, Handbells or Handchimes) From the Cross to the Crown (Distinctive settings for Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Ascension, and Pentecost for 2 or 3 octaves, Handbells or Handchimes) Through Darkness to Light (Reproducible Hymn Settings for Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Ascension, and Pentecost) More Handbells...
PowerPoint MY HEART WAS GLAD TO HEAR THE WELCOME SOUND (Blue Psalter Hymnal 264) More PowerPoint...