GO TO THE HOUSE OF PRAYER.
Go to the house of prayer,
If ye would hold communion sweet with heaven,
Go, 'tis a boon from God, to mortals given,—
Seek blessings there. Go to the house of prayer,
Ye Christians, when your hopes are lost in night,
Go, on your God, the source of life and light,
Cast all your care. Go to the house of prayer,
When fears press down your souls, or shake your faith,
Or doubts dismay: hear what the Saviour saith,
"I will be there." Go to the house of prayer,
If ye would wish Christ's Eden watered now:
Go, and around the sacred altar bow;
He will be there. Go to the house of prayer,
Thou thoughtless one,—it is the place for thee;
Thee God invites—there, on the bended knee,
Rich mercies share. Go to the house of prayer;
There let your heart in holy union meet;
Go cast your burdens at the Saviour's feet,
Ye cannot bear. Go to the house of prayer;
There let your strains commingle as they rise,
While angels list through gates of Paradise,
And breathe them there. Go to the house of prayer,
If ye would hold communion sweet with heaven;
Go, 'tis a boon from God to mortals given,—
Seek blessings there.