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Samuel Longfellow·Modern
Verse 1
Thou Lord of life, our saving Health,
Who mak’st Thy suffering ones our care,
Our gifts are still our truest wealth,
To serve Thee our sincerest prayer.
Verse 2
As on the river’s rising tide
Flow strength and coolness from the sea,
So through the ways our hands provide
May quickening life flow in from Thee.
Verse 3
To heal the wound, to still the pain,
And strength to failing pulses bring,
Till the lame feet shall leap again,
And the parched lips with gladness sing.
Verse 4
Bless Thou the gifts our hands have brought;
Bless Thou the work our hearts have planned;
Ours is the hope, the will, the thought;
The rest, O God, is in Thy hand.
Samuel Longfellow, “Thou Lord of Life, Our Saving Health”
Presbyterian 1895 No. 375 · L.M. · Hursley
William C. Bryant·Modern
Verse 1
Oh, thou, whose own vast temple stands,
Built over earth and sea!
Accept the walls that human hands
Have raised to worship thee.
Verse 2
Lord! from thine inmost glory send,
Within these walls t’ abide,
The peace that dwelleth without end
Serenely by thy side!
Verse 3
May erring minds, that worship here,
Be taught the better way;
And they who mourn, and they who fear,
Be strengthened as they pray.
Verse 4
May faith grow firm, and love grow warm,
And pure devotion rise,
While, round these hallowed walls, the storm
Of earth-born passion dies.
William C. Bryant, “Oh, Thou, Whose Own Vast Temple Stands”
Otterbein 1890 No. 41 · C.M · Mear (Welsh Air)
Not yet anchored to a scripture passage
Catherine H. Johnson·Modern
Verse 1
An earthly temple here we raise,
Lord God, our Savior! to thy praise;
Oh! make thy gracious presence known,
While now we lay its corner-stone.
Verse 2
Within the house thy servants rear,
Deign by thy Spirit to appear;
On all its walls salvation write,
From corner-stone to topmost height.
Verse 3
And when this temple, “made with hands,”
Upon its firm foundation stands,
Oh! may we all with loving heart,
In nobler building bear a part,
Verse 4
Where every polished stone shall be
A human soul won back to thee;
All resting upon Christ alone,--
The chief and precious Corner-Stone.
Catherine H. Johnson, “An Earthly Temple Here We Raise”
Otterbein 1890 No. 540 · L.M · Hebron
Not yet anchored to a scripture passage
William C. Bryant·Modern
Verse 1
Thou, whose unmeasured temple stands,
Built over earth and sea,
Accept the walls that human hands
Have raised, O God, to Thee.
Verse 2
And let the Comforter and Friend,
Thy Holy Spirit, meet
With those who here in worship bend
Before Thy mercy-seat.
Verse 3
May they who err be guided here
To find the better way;
And they who mourn and they who fear
Be strengthened as they pray.
Verse 4
May faith grow firm, and love grow warm,
And hallowed wishes rise,
While round these peaceful walls the storm
Of earth-born passion dies.
William C. Bryant, “Thou, Whose Unmeasured Temple Stands”
Presbyterian 1895 No. 676 · C.M. · St. Anne
Samuel F. Smith·Modern
Verse 1
Founded on Thee, our only Lord,
On Thee, the everlasting Rock,
Thy Church shall stand, as stands Thy word,
Nor fear the storm, nor dread the shock.
Verse 2
For Thee our waiting spirits yearn,
For Thee this house of praise we rear;
To Thee with longing hearts we turn:
Come, fix Thy glorious presence here.
Verse 3
Come, with Thy Spirit and Thy power,
The Conqueror, once the Crucified;
Our God, our Strength, our King, our Tower,
Here plant Thy throne, and here abide.
Verse 4
Accept the work our hands have wrought;
Accept, O God, this earthly shrine;
Be Thou our Rock, our life, our thought,
And we, as living temples, Thine.
Samuel F. Smith, “Founded on Thee, Our Only Lord”
Presbyterian 1895 No. 677 · L.M. · Pentecost