Church Building

Christ is the foundation
Of the House we raise,
Be its walls Salvation,
And its gateways Praise!
May its threshold lowly.
To the Lord be dear.
May the hearts be holy
That shall worship here.

On the Back of Ages
Resting broad and deep,
When life's tempest rages
Here let passion sleep:
Here may prayer and praises
Never cease to rise.
Till, through Christ, they raise us
Nearer to the skies.

Here the vow be sealed
By Thy Spirit, Lord!
Here the sick be heal'd,
And the lost restored:
Here the broken-hearted
Thy forgiveness prove.
Here the long departed
Be restored to Love.

Here may faith attending
Find fruition fair,
Here may spirits bending
Breathe the breath of prayer:
Here may holy gladness
Fill the waiting heart.
Until sin and sadness
Evermore depart.

Here may every token
Of Thy Presence be,
Here may chains be broken.
Prisoners here set free:
Here may light illumine
Every soul of Thine,
Lifting up the human
Into the divine.

Here may God the Father,
God the Saviour Son,
God the Holy Spirit,
Be adored as One!
Till the whole creation
At Thy footstool fall.
And in adoration
Own Thee Lord of all!