The Church,our blest Re-deem-er saved With His own pre- cious blood. Dear as the ap- ple of Thine eye, And grav- en on Thy hand. her my cares and toils be giv'n, Till toils and cares shall end. A-men.

To

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ver earth and sea, these walls t'a - bide, better way;

O Thou, whose own vast tem- ple stands, Built 0 -
2. Lord, from Thine in- most glo ry send, With- in
3. May erring minds, that worship here, Be taught the
4. May faith grow firm, and love grow warm, And pure

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tion rise,

Ac-cept the walls that hu- man hands Have raised to wor-ship Thee.
The peace that dwelleth with-out end Serenely by Thy side.
And they who mourn, and they who fear, Be strengthened as they pray.
While,round these hallow'd walls, the storm Of earth-born passion dies.

A-men.

Rev. SAMUEL WOLCOTT, 1881

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J. T. GRIMLEY

1. Goodly were Thy tents, O Israel, Spread a 2. Wel-come to the glo-rious free-dom, Which our

long the riv - er's side; fa-thers hith- er brought;

3. God of na-tions! Our Pre-server, Hear our pray'rs,our coun-sels bless;

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Bright thy star, which rose pro-phet - ic,

Herald of do- min - ion wide;

Welcome to the price-less treas - ure Which with constant faith they sought,— o'er all Thyra-diant ban - ner, On these souls Thy love im - press;

Lift

Fair

- er are the homes of free-men, Scattered o'er our broad do - main; See, from ev - 'ry na - tion gath-ʼring, Swarming myr-iads throng our coasts,

From Thy throne of boundless bless-ing,

O'er our land Thy Spir - it pour;

Brighter is our ris - ing day- star,
Hear, with stead-y steps ad-vanc-ing,
In the grandeur of Thine em- - pire,

Ush-'ring in a pur - er reign.
Ceaseless tread of countless hosts.
Reign supreme from shore to shore. A-men.