11/04/2007

Hymn New Chapel 731

It's good to get the word Hiram in a hymn. Like one or two other lines in this hymn, it is a weak one though. 'Here erect thy mercy seat' is a better line.

731 Opening a Place of Worship 7s

GLORY to the God of grace Who for us provides a place, Where he will his love reveal, And his saints his wonders tell.
2 Not as once in days of old Overlaid with purest gold; Nor of cedar can we boast, Nor of Hiram’s mighty host.
3 To thine honour Lord we rear This a humble house of prayer; Here erect thy mercy seat, With thy children deign to meet.
4 Now we consecrate to thee Let it, Lord, accepted be, Through thy blest and only Son All our hearts and hands have done.
5 Here thy sacred truth display, Here assert thy sovereign sway; Let thy glorious gospel shine, Aided by a power divine.

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