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THE HOUSE OF THE LORD

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 25, 1860

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 17, No. 6.

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THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.

You may sing of the beauty of mountain and dale, Of the silvery streamlets and flowers of the vale, But the place most delightful this earth can afford, Is the place of devotion, the house of the Lord.
You may boast of the sweetness of day's early dawn, Of the skies' softening graces when day has just gone, But there's no other season nor time can compare, With the hour of devotion, the season of prayer.
You may value the friendship of youth and of age, And select for your comrads the noble and sage, But the friends that most cheer me on life's rugged road, Are the friends of my Master, the children of God.
You may talk of your prospects, of fame and of wealth, And the hopes that oft flatter the favorites of health, But the hope of bright glory, of heavenly bliss,— Take away every other, and give me but this!
Ever hail blessed temple! abode of my Lord, I will turn to thee often to hear from his word, I will walk to the altar with those that I love, And rejoice in the prospect revealed from above.