This Stone to Thee in Faith We Lay

This stone to Thee in faith we lay

We build the tem­ple

Lord

to Thee;

Thine eye be op­en night and day

To guard this house and sanc­tu­ary.

Here

when Thy peo­ple seek Thy face

And dy­ing sin­ners pray to live

Hear Thou in Heav’n

Thy dwell­ing place

And when Thou hear­est

O for­give!

Here

when Thy mes­sen­gers pro­claim

The bless­èd Gos­pel of Thy Son

Still by the power of His great name

Be migh­ty signs and won­ders done.

Hosanna! to their heav’n­ly king

When child­ren’s voic­es raise that song;

Hosanna! let their an­gels sing

And Heav’n with earth the strain pro­long.

But will in­deed Jehovah deign

Here to ab­ide

no tran­si­ent guest?

Here will the world’s Re­deem­er reign

And here the Holy Spir­it rest?

That glo­ry nev­er hence de­part!

Yet choose not

Lord

this house alone;

Thy king­dom come to ev­ery heart

In ev­ery bo­som fix Thy throne.