On this stone now laid with pray­er,
Let Thy church rise, strong and fair;
Ever, Lord, Thy name be known,
Where we lay this cor­ner­stone.

Let Thy ho­ly Child, who came
Man from er­ror to re­claim,
And for sin­ners to atone,
With Thee, bless this cor­ner­stone.

Let the Spir­it from above,
That once ho­vered like a dove
O’er the Jor­dan, hi­ther flown
Hover o’er this cor­ner­stone.

In the sin­ner’s trou­bled breast,
In the heart by care op­pressed,
Let the seeds of truth be sown,
Where we’ve laid this cor­ner­stone.

Open wide, O God, Thy door,
For the out­cast and the poor,
Who can call no house their own,
Where we lay this cor­ner­stone.

By wise mas­ter build­ers squared,
Here be liv­ing stones pre­pared
For the tem­ple near Thy throne,
Jesus Christ its cor­ner­stone.