The Church — Dedication

God of the universe, to thee

No. 1136
Metre C. M.
Tune MARLOW.
Words Anon.
Music John Chetham.
Key G major
Time 3/2
4 stanzas

Words

God of the universe, to theeThese sacred walls we rear;And now, with songs and bended knee,Invoke thy presence here.

Here let thy love, thy presence dwell;Thy glory here make known;Thy people's home, O come and fill,And seal it as thine own.

When sad with care, by sin oppressed,Here may the burdened soulBeneath thy sheltering wing find rest;Here make the wounded whole.

And when the last long Sabbath mornUpon the just shall rise,May all who own thee here, be borneTo mansions in the skies.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHURCH—DEDICATION.»; hymn number «1136» (large), tune name «MARLOW. C. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «JOHN CHETHAM.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «God»: «1. God of the u - ni - verse, to thee These sa - cred walls we rear;» under system 1 and «And now, with songs and bend - ed knee, In - voke thy pres - ence here.» under system 2. The reference line «399, 114, 354.» in italic figures stands centred over stanza 2 (sing also to the tunes of hymns 399, 114 or 354). Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, numbered «2»–«4» without periods (written «2.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 are indented. «Anon.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;» («known ;», «rest ;»); it is closed up here. The apostrophe of «people's» is the printer's curly one, written straight. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.