Lord, Thou hast known our joy,
Building for Thine em­ploy
This house of pray­er;
As we Thy help have sought,
With la­bor long have wrought,
Our will­ing of­fer­ings brought,
This work to share.

Now as we give it Thee
Thine ev­er­more to be,
Who giv­est all,
Come, Thou, O Lord di­vine,
Make this Thy ho­ly shrine
Where Thy pure light may shine;
O hear our call!

May this new tem­ple prove
True wit­ness to Thy love,
To all men free;
May all who seek this door,
And sav­ing grace im­plore,
Love one ano­ther more
As they seek Thee.

O Christ, the Church’s head,
Who for us all hast bled
That we might live,
Thy cross we lift on high
This house to glo­ri­fy;
On Thee our hearts re­ly
Thy pow­er to give.

Lord, though these hours of praise,
And all our earth­ly days
Will soon be o’er,
Still may these courts pro­claim
The glo­ry of Thy name,
O Thou, who art the same
Forevermore!