Building Day by Day

We are build­ing in sor­row

And build­ing in joy

A tem­ple the world can­not see;

But we know it will stand

If we found it on a rock

Thro’ the ag­es of eter­ni­ty.

We are build­ing day by day

As the mo­ments glide away

Our tem­ple which the world may not see;

Every vic­to­ry won by grace

Will be sure to find its place

In our build­ing for eter­ni­ty.

Every deed forms a part

In this build­ing of ours

That is done in the name of the Lord;

For the love that we show

And the kind­ness we be­stow

He has pro­mised us a bright re­ward.

Then be watch­ful and wise

Let the tem­ple we rear

Be one that no tem­pest can shock

For the Mas­ter has said

And He taught us in His Word

We must build up­on the sol­id rock.