O God! ere Heav’n and earth were planned,
Adoring si­lence wor­shiped Thee;
Now vast the uni­verse doth stand,
The tem­ple of Thy ma­jes­ty.

Its walls are wrought of sap­phire bright;
Its count­less spires are star­ry flame:
Suns on the bound­less eth­er write
The so­ver­eign beau­ty of Thy name.

An earth­ly tem­ple, by Thy grace,
This day we de­di­cate to Thee;
Deign to make here Thy dwell­ing place
O Thou that fill’st im­men­si­ty.

Fold us be­neath Thy shel­ter­ing wings,
As here we wor­ship at Thy shrine;
Ours be the peace Thy pre­sence brings,
The glo­ry and the praise be Thine.