Hymns for Christian Devotion, page 389 by J.G. Adams
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dedicate with prayer and praise
This edifice, to thee, revered
Above all gods, through endless days!
3 Accept the offering--deign to dwell
With thy confiding children here;
The shades of Ignorance dispel,--
In Truth's omnipotence appear!
4 Here through successive years may come
The youthful mind--fair Wisdom's guest;
Long be this house Instruction's home,
When those who reared it sink to rest.
989. 6s. & 4s. M. J. G. Adams.
The Same.
1 Raise the adoring song!
Praises to God belong,
In this glad hour!
He who from worlds on high,
Spreads over earth and sky
Proofs of his majesty,
Goodness and power!
2 Praise, that Instruction's voice
Bids the young heart rejoice
In this fair land;
Praise, that the humblest mind
Wisdom's true light may find,
Ground on which all inclined
Freely may stand.
3 Source of all holiness!
With thy rich favor bless
This house of thine;
Here be true knowledge sought,
Here purest wisdom taught,
Wisdom with Freedom fraught,
Freedom divine!
990. C. M. P. H. Sweetser.
The Same.
1 Let monumental pillars rise
In majesty sublime--
Their granite columns shall decay
Before the touch of time.
2 But mind, enlightened and refined,
Shall live beyond the sky,
And heavenly sciences explore,
When time itself shall die!
3 A nobler monument we raise
Than costly marble pile--
A beacon light to lead the way
From ignorance and guile.
4 This house, with prayer, O God, we give
To truth's supreme control;
To virtue and progressive thought,
The riches of the soul.
991. L. M. Anonymous.
The River of Life.
1 There is a pure and peaceful wave,
That issues from the throne of love,
Whose waters gladden as they lave
The bright and heavenly courts above.
2 In living streams behold that tide