God of the universe to Thee

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God of the universe to Thee

Author: Miss Mary O. (1841)
Published in 27 hymnals

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1 God of the universe, to thee
These sacred walls we rear;
And now, with songs and bended knee,
Invoke thy presence here.

2 When sad with care, by sin oppressed,
Here may the burdened soul
Beneath thy shelt'ring wing find rest;
Here make the wounded whole.

3 And when the last long Sabbath morn
Upon the just shall rise,
May all who own thee here, be borne
To mansions in the skies.

Source: Christ in Song: for all religious services nearly one thousand best gospel hymns, new and old with responsive scripture readings (Rev. and Enl.) #423

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Author: Miss Mary O.

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First Line:	God of the universe to Thee
Author:	Miss Mary O. (1841)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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God of the universe, to Thee. [Consecration of a Church.] Appeared in Beman's Sacred Lyrics, Troy, 1841, and signed "Miss Mary O—, 1841." It is in use in a few American collections, as Hatfield's Church Hymn Book 1872, No. 1290, in 4 stanzas, and the Songs for the Sanctuary, 1865, No. 1031, in 5 stanzas.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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