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The Choir and The Oratory

or Praise and Prayer. By Josiah Conder

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VIII. Psalm cxxii.

Joyful I hail the day
When friends and brethren say,
Come, let us to Jehovah's seat ascend.
Again our happy feet
Shall tread each well-known street
Of Salem, and her sacred courts attend.
City of Union, where
Jehovah's tribes repair,
By sacred ordinance, His Name to bless.
There stand, by right Divine,
The thrones of David's line,
For judgement. Pray for Salem's happiness.

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Be those who love thee blest!
Thy walls may Peace invest!
Thy towers may Joy her constant dwelling make!
Dear for my brethren's weal,
Thy welfare now I feel,
And love thee, Salem, for the Temple's sake.