Scripture Verse

The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in Heaven. Psalm 11:4

Introduction

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Henry C. McCook (1837–1911)

Words: Hen­ry C. Mc­Cook, in Songs for Lit­tle Folks, by Sar­ah J. Ti­man­us & Jen­ny B. Mer­rill (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1882), num­ber 8.

Music: Tem­ple (North) James M. North (1836–?) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of North (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Mc­Cook,

Lyrics

Lord Je­ho­vah, in Thy tem­ple,
Happy child­ren we ap­pear,
Bringing in­cense of thanks­giv­ing,
For the love that led us here.
Hallelujah! praise Je­ho­vah,
For the love that led us here,
Hallelujah! praise Je­ho­vah,
For the love that led us here.

When on each return­ing Sab­bath,
We re­turn to seek Thy face,
Lord, ac­cept the child­ren’s wor­ship,
Hear in Heav’n Thy dwell­ing place.
Hallelujah! praise Je­ho­vah,
Hear in Heav’n Thy dwell­ing place,
Hallelujah! praise Je­ho­vah,
Hear in Heav’n Thy dwell­ing place.

Thus, as in Thy earth­ly tem­ple,
Day by day we wait on Thee;
In each heart Thy Spir­it dwell­ing,
May we all Thy tem­ples be.
Hallelujah! praise Je­ho­vah,
May we all Thy tem­ples be,
Hallelujah! praise Je­ho­vah,
May we all Thy tem­ples be.