And Will the Great Eternal God

And will the great eter­nal God

On earth es­tab­lish His ab­ode?

And will He

from His ra­di­ant throne

Accept our tem­ple for His own?

We bring the tri­bute of our praise

And sing that con­des­cend­ing grace

Which to our notes will lend an ear

And call us sin­ful mor­tals near.

Our Fa­ther’s watch­ful care we bless

Which guards our sy­na­gogues in peace

That no tu­mul­tu­ous foes in­vade

To fill our wor­ship­ers with dread.

These walls we to Thy hon­or raise;

Long may they ec­ho with Thy praise;

And Thou des­cend­ing fill the place

With choic­est to­kens of Thy grace.

Here let the great Re­deem­er reign

With all the grac­es of His train;

While pow­er di­vine His Word at­tends

To con­quer foes

and cheer His friends.

And in that great de­ci­sive day

When God the na­tions shall sur­vey

May it be­fore the world ap­pear

That crowds were born to glo­ry here.