Anniversary Hymn
VERSE 1
Our
fathers, in the years grown dim, reared slowly, wall by wall
A holy
dwelling place for Him, that filleth all in all.
They
wrought His house of faith and prayer, the rainbow round the throne,
A
precious temple builded fair on Christ the Cornerstone.
VERSE 2
The
angel of the golden reed hath found the measure strait;
He hears
the Great Foundation plead for ampler wall and gate.
The
living pillars of the Truth grown on from morn to morn,
And
still the heresy of youth is age’s creed outworn.
VERSE 3
But
steadfast is their inner shrine wrought of the heart’s fine gold,
Its
hunger and its thirst divine, with jewels manifold,
Red sard
of pain, hope’s emerald gleam, white peace, no glory missed
Of
righteous life and saintly dream, jasper to amethyst.
VERSE 4
Spirit
of truth, forbid that we who now God’s temple are
And keep
the faith with minds more free, our father’s fabric mar.
Better
than thoughts the stars that search is self still sacrificed,
For only
love can build the church whose cornerstone is Christ.
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