Lord, Thou Hast Known Our Joy

Lord

Thou hast known our joy

Building for Thine em­ploy

This house of pray­er;

As we Thy help have sought

With la­bor long have wrought

Our will­ing of­fer­ings brought

This work to share.

Now as we give it Thee

Thine ev­er­more to be

Who giv­est all

Come

Thou

O Lord di­vine

Make this Thy ho­ly shrine

Where Thy pure light may shine;

O hear our call!

May this new tem­ple prove

True wit­ness to Thy love

To all men free;

May all who seek this door

And sav­ing grace im­plore

Love one ano­ther more

As they seek Thee.

O Christ

the Church’s head

Who for us all hast bled

That we might live

Thy cross we lift on high

This house to glo­ri­fy;

On Thee our hearts re­ly

Thy pow­er to give.

Lord

though these hours of praise

And all our earth­ly days

Will soon be o’er

Still may these courts pro­claim

The glo­ry of Thy name

O Thou

who art the same

Forevermore!

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