Christ is made the sure foun-da-tion,
Christ the head and cor-ner-stone;
Cho-sen of the Lord and pre-cious,
Bind-ing all the church in one;
Ho-ly Zi-on's help for-ev-er,
And her con-fi-dence a-lone.
All that ded-i-ca-ted cit-y,
Dear-ly loved of God on high,
In ex-ult-ant ju-bi-la-tion,
Pours per-pet-ual mel-o-dy,
God the One in Three a-dor-ing
In glad hymns e-ter-nal-ly.
To this tem-ple, where we call Thee,
Come, O Lord of Hosts, to-day!
With Thy faith-ful lov-ing-kind-ness
Hear Thy peo-ple as they pray.
And Thy full-est ben-e-dic-tion
Shed with-in its walls al-way.
Here vouch-safe to all Thy ser-vants
What they ask of Thee to gain;
What they gain from Thee for-ev-er
With the bless-ed to re-tain,
And here-af-ter in Thy glo-ry
Ev-er-more with Thee to reign.
Laud and hon-or to the Fa-ther,
Laud and hon-or to the Son,
Laud and hon-or to the Spi-rit,
Ev-er Three and ev-er One;
One in might and One in glo-ry,
While un-end-ing a-ges run.