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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 30, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 52.

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Building the Temple

By Worthie Harris Holden

WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN
Build thou a temple for thy God; Build thou with greatest care, That so the presence of thy Lord Daily abideth there.
Search from the quarries of his Word E'er for foundations true, Then let his Spirit all unheard Square thee and trim and hew.
Build thou with hands well washed and clean, Stained not with act of sin; Build thou in quiet all unseen,— Earth builds with noise and din.
Build with a mind intent to be What the true Pattern shows; This on the mount he gave to thee,— His will his words disclose.
Ever thine incense burn in prayer. Always be clean and pure; God finds a dwelling only where Sinfulness can not endure.
Thus shall thy temple stand for aye,— Stand when earth's mansions fall: Haste to be like thy Pattern, then,— The Christ, thine all in all.
Portland, Ore.