127 7s. 4L.

5 Breathe on Thy Church, that it may greet the day;
Stir up her will to toil, and teach, and pray,
Till Zionward again salvation come,
And all her outcast children are at home.

6 Triune Jehovah, Thine the grace and power,
Thine all the work, its past, its future hour;
O Thou, who failest not, Thy gifts fulfill,
And crown the calling of Thy changeless will.
S. J. Stone, 1885

J. A. Freylinghausen, 1704

Lord, Thine an-cient people see,

Cap-tive still, in dark-ness bound;

Let Thy gospel set them free, Let them hear its joy-ful sound.

2 Still the veil is on their heart:

Rend it, Lord, at length in twain;

Bid their unbelief depart,

Bring them to Thy fold again.

3 Let Thy love their blindness heal;
God of Israel, hear our prayer;
Let Thy grace their pardon seal,
Still Thy covenant let them share.

4 Harp of Judah, long unstrung,

Sound at length the Savior's praise;
Jew and Gentile, old and young,
Loud the glad Hosanna raise.

E. Harland, 1855

2 This house they dedicate to Thee,
That here they may Thy glory see;
Thy body and Thy blood they here
Receive, their fainting souls to cheer.

3 Here in baptismal water pure

They find for sins a gracious cure;
Their children here to Thee they bring,

O Thou, our death-subduing King.

4 Here sin's diseases healing find,

The weak grow strong, light cheers the blind;
The troubled heart with peace is blest,
And weariness finds heavenly rest.

5 When tempests shake the world around,
The rock-built Church secure is found;
The gates of hell may here assail
Whom Christ defends, but not prevail.

6 Praise to the Father, and the Son,
And Holy Spirit, Three in One,
Blest Trinity whom we adore,
Teach us to praise Thee evermore.

Latin, 11th Century
A. J. Rambach, 1817

129

8, 7. 6L.

John Goss, 1869

Christ is made the sure foun-da- tion, Christ the head and cor-ner-stone,

Chosen of the Lord, and precious, Bind-ing all the Church in one;

2 All that dedicated city,

Dearly loved of God on high,
In exultant jubilation

Pours perpetual melody:

God the one in Three adoring
In glad hymns eternally.

3 To this temple, where we call Thee,
Come, O Lord of host, today:
With Thy wonted loving-kindness
Hear Thy people as they pray;
And Thy fullest benediction
Shed within its walls alway.

4 Here vouchsafe to all Thy servants
What they ask of Thee to gain,
What they gain from Thee for ever
With the blessed to retain,
And herafter in Thy glory
Evermore with Thee to reign.

5 Laud and honor to the Father,
Laud and honor, to the Son,
Laud and honor to the Spirit,
Ever Three and ever One;
One in might, and One in glory,
While unending ages run.

Latin, 6th or 7th Century

2 O then with hymns of praise

These hallowed courts shall ring!

Our voices we will raise,

The Three in One to sing;

And thus proclaim

In joyful song,
Both loud and long,

That glorious name.

3 Here, gracious God, do Thou
For evermore draw nigh:
Accept each faithful vow,
And mark each suppliant sigh;

In copious shower

On all who pray,

Each holy day,

Thy blessing pour.

4 Here may we gain from heaven
The grace which we implore,
And may that grace, once given,
Be with us evermore,

Until that day

When all the blest

To endless rest

Are called away.