We Love the Venerable House
VERSE 1
We love
the venerable house
Our
fathers built to God;
In
heaven are kept their grateful vows,
Their
dust endears the sod.
VERSE 2
Here
holy thoughts a light have shed
From
many a radiant face,
And
prayers of humble virtue spread
The
perfume of the place.
VERSE 3
And
anxious hearts have pondered here
The
mystery of life,
And
prayed th’eternal Light to clear
Their
doubts and aid their strife.
VERSE 4
From
humble tenements around
Came up
the pensive train,
And in
the church a blessing found,
That
filled their homes again.
VERSE 5
For
faith, and peace, and mighty love,
That
from the Godhead flow,
Showed
them the life of heaven above
Springs
from the life below.
VERSE 6
They
live with God their homes are dust;
Yet here
their children pray,
And in
this fleeting lifetime trust
To find
the narrow way.
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