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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