Thou, whose un­mea­sured tem­ple stands,
Built ov­er earth and sea,
Accept these walls that hu­man hands
Have raised, O God, to Thee.

Lord, from Thine in­most glo­ry send,
Within these courts to bide,
The peace that dwell­eth with­out end
Serenely by Thy side!

And let the Com­fort­er and Friend,
Thy Ho­ly Spir­it, meet,
With those who here in wor­ship bend
Before Thy mer­cy seat.

May they who err be guid­ed here
To find the bet­ter way;
And they who mourn, and they who fear,
Be strength­ened as they pray.

May faith grow firm, and love grow warm,
And pure de­vo­tion rise,
While round these hal­lowed walls the storm
Of earth born pass­ion dies.