House of Our God

House of our God

with hymns of glad­ness ring

While all our lips and hearts His prais­es sing;

The op­en­ing year His mer­cies shall pro­claim

And all its days shall ce­le­brate His name.

Ye an­gel choirs on high

whose dwell­ing place

Shines with the glo­ry of His un­veiled face

Through your im­mor­tal life

as love still grows

Tell of His good­ness

which no end­ing knows.

O Earth

en­light­ened by His rays di­vine

Stored by His hand with corn and oil and wine

Crowned with His good­ness

let thy na­tions raise

From shore to shore the song of cease­less praise.

O Church

His chos­en dwell­ing and de­light

Graven on His hands

and pre­cious in His sight

Sing the deep mar­vels of that bound­less grace

Which sheds on thee the bright­ness of His face.

Burst in­to praise

my soul; and ev­er­more

Through chang­ing life thy change­less God ad­ore:

He is thy trust

thy re­fuge

and thy fear;

Strong in His strength

be­gin the new-born year.