Adventist Pioneer Library

The Church — Dedication

This stone to thee, in faith, we lay

  • No. 1134
  • Words James Montgomery.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

This stone to thee, in faith, we lay;This temple, Lord, to thee we raise;Thine eye be open night and day,To guard this house of prayer and praise.

2

Within these walls let heavenly peaceAnd holy love and concord dwell;Here give the burdened conscience ease,And here the wounded spirit heal.

3

But will, indeed, Jehovah deignHere to abide, no transient guest?Here will our great Redeemer reign,And here the Holy Spirit rest?

4

Ne'er let thy glory hence depart;Yet choose not, Lord, this shrine alone;Come thou and dwell in every heart,—In every bosom fix thy throne.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «1134» (large) at the top of the right column of p. 385, directly below the music (beside stanza 2 of hymn 1132), with the reference line «1128, 54, 973.» in italic figures beside it (sing to the tunes of hymns 1128 WARE, 54 ROTHWELL or 973 ANVERN, all L. M.; no meter is printed — the lines 8.8.8.8 are L. M.). The first word «THIS» is set in capitals and small capitals (written «This» here). Stanzas numbered «1»–«4» without periods (written «1.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 indented. «James Montgomery.» in italics, right-aligned after stanza 4. The printer's thin space before «;» and «?» («lay ;», «raise ;», «dwell ;», «guest ?», «rest ?», «depart ;») is closed up here; «Ne'er» written with a straight apostrophe. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Church — Dedication · No. 1134 · printed page 385
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02