Acts 15:16: I will return, and will build again the, &c

Thee Jesus, and Thy church below
In David and his house we see,
The souls which sin did once o'erthrow
Shall they not rise restored by Thee?
Surely Thou wilt Thy house repair,
And fix Thy constant presence there.

We look for our returning Lord
To raise the nations from their fall;
Thou wilt according to Thy word,
In pardoning grace appear to all,
Visit the whole apostate race,
And stir them up to seek Thy face.

The Heathens still Thy creatures are,
Blind children of a God unknown,
Thy work, their Maker's name they bear
W hose blood did for their sins atone;
And those who bear the Christian sign,
Heathens baptized, are doubly Thine.

Come then, and claim Thy property,
Thou Friend and lover of mankind,
Let every soul be found in Thee,
In Thee his great Restorer find,
That all our ransom'd world may own
The saving work is all Thine own!