HYMN

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · January 15, 1880

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 3

FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE S. D. A. MEETING-HOUSE IN PIERREPONT, N. Y., JAN. 17, 18, 1880.

Almighty God, whose eye of flame Sees at a glance our inmost soul! Feign would we magnify thy name, And spread thy praise from pole to pole!

The Heaven of heavens cannot contain The mighty God, the power divine; But have we built this house in vain? Great God, upon thy temple shine!

We dedicate this sacred desk, This altar, and these seats, to thee; Is it too much, O God, to ask That thousands may converted be?

Oh! bless the choir, thou King of kings; And while in hymns they chant thy praise, Inspire the tribute which they bring, And fill their hearts with heavenly grace.

Oh! may thy sanctifying power This house with thine own glory fill, Thy grace upon thy people shower, As rains upon the grass distill!

When here thy servants spread their hands, And pray toward thy holy hill, Heal thou the plague through all our land, And be our God and Saviour still.

And when our day of life is past, O Father, Son, and Holy Dove, Receive us to thy house at last, A house not made with hands, above.