Christ is our corner-stone

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1 Christ is our cornerstone,
on him alone we build;
with his true saints alone
the courts of heav’n are filled.
On his great love our hopes we place
of present grace and joys above.

2 Here may we gain from heav’n
the grace which we implore,
and may that grace, once giv’n,
be with us evermore
until that day when all the blest
to endless rest are called away.

3 Oh, then, with hymns of praise
these hallowed courts shall ring;
our voices we will raise
the Three in One to sing
and thus proclaim in joyful song,
both loud and long, that glorious name.


Source: Christian Worship: Hymnal #914

Translator: John Chandler

John Chandler, one of the most successful translators of hymns, was born at Witley in Surrey, June 16, 1806. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830. Ordained deacon in 1831 and priest in 1832, he succeeded his father as the patron and vicar of Whitley, in 1837. His first volume, entitled The Hymns of the Primitive Church, now first Collected, Translated and Arranged, 1837, contained 100 hymns, for the most part ancient, with a few additions from the Paris Breviary of 1736. Four years later, he republished this volume under the title of hymns of the Church, mostly primitive, collected, translated and arranged for public use, 1841. Other publications include a Life of William of Wykeham, 1842, and Horae s… Go to person page >

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DARWALL

Composed by John Darwall (b. Haughton, Staffordshire, England, 1731; d. Walsall, Staffordshire, England, 1789), DARWALL'S 148TH was first published as a setting for Psalm 148 in Aaron William's New Universal Psalmodist (1770) with only soprano and bass parts. The harmonization dates from the ninete…

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HAREWOOD (Wesley)


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Ambassador Hymnal #299

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Ancient and Modern #608

Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #97

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Christian Worship (1993) #528

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Christian Worship #914

Church Family Worship #482

Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #327

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Common Praise (1998) #459

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Common Praise #395

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Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #98

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CPWI Hymnal #729

Hymnal #43

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard Edition #161

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Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #564

Hymns Old and New #77

Living Hymns #21

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Lutheran Service Book #912

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Lutheran Worship #290

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Moravian Book of Worship #517

Sing Glory #14

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The Cyber Hymnal #866

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The New English Hymnal #206

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The Song Book of the Salvation Army #940

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Together in Song #433

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Voices Together #4

Worship Together #55

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