A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) ‎#88

88. The Great Temple

Though wandering in a stranger-land,
Though on the waste no altar stand,
Take comfort! thou art not alone,
While Faith hath marked thee for her own.

Wouldst thou a temple? look above,—
The heavens stretch over all in love;
A book? for thine evangel scan
The wondrous history of man.

And though no organ-peal be heard,
In harmony the winds are stirred;
And there the morning stars upraise
Their ancient songs of deathless praise.

Text Information

• First Line: Though wandering in a stranger-land
• Title: The Great Temple
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1866

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