On This Stone Now Laid with Prayer

On this stone now laid with pray­er

Let Thy church rise

strong and fair;

Ever

Lord

Thy name be known

Where we lay this cor­ner­stone.

Let Thy ho­ly Child

who came

Man from er­ror to re­claim

And for sin­ners to atone

With Thee

bless this cor­ner­stone.

Let the Spir­it from ab­ove

That once hov­ered like a dove

O’er the Jor­dan

hi­ther flown

Hover o’er this cor­ner­stone.

In the sin­ner’s trou­bled breast

In the heart by care op­pressed

Let the seeds of truth be sown

Where we’ve laid this cor­ner­stone.

Open wide

O God

Thy door

For the out­cast and the poor

Who can call no house their own

Where we lay this cor­ner­stone.

By wise mas­ter build­ers squared

Here be liv­ing stones pre­pared

For the tem­ple near Thy throne

Jesus Christ its cor­ner­stone.