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“HOW AMIABLE ARE THY TABERNACLES!”
Thou, whose unmeasured temple stands,
Built over earth and sea,
Accept the walls that human hands
Have raised, oh God! to thee.
Built over earth and sea,
Accept the walls that human hands
Have raised, oh God! to thee.
And let the Comforter and Friend,
Thy Holy Spirit, meet
With those who here in worship bend
Before thy mercy seat.
Thy Holy Spirit, meet
With those who here in worship bend
Before thy mercy seat.
May they who err be guided here
To find the better way,
And they who mourn and they who fear
Be strengthened as they pray.
To find the better way,
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Be strengthened as they pray.
May faith grow firm, and love grow warm,
And hallowed wishes rise,
While round these peaceful walls the storm
Of earth-born passion dies.
And hallowed wishes rise,
While round these peaceful walls the storm
Of earth-born passion dies.
Great Barrington, 1820.
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