Sweet Is the Solemn Voice That Calls

Sweet is the so­lemn voice that calls

The Christ­ian to the house of pray­er;

I love to stand with­in its walls

For Thou

O Lord

art pre­sent there.

I love to tread the hal­lowed courts

Where two or three for wor­ship meet;

For thi­ther Christ Him­self re­sorts

And makes the lit­tle band com­plete.

’Tis sweet to raise the com­mon song

To join in hol­y praise and love;

And im­itate the bless­èd throng

That min­gle hearts and songs above.

Within these walls may peace abound

May all our hearts in one agree!

Where breth­ren meet

where Christ is found

May peace and con­cord ev­er be.