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Hymn For The Opening Of Thomas Starr King's House Of Worship |
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Title: Hymn For The Opening Of Thomas Starr King's House Of Worship Author: John Greenleaf Whittier [More Titles by Whittier] FOR THE OPENING OF THOMAS STARR KING'S HOUSE OF WORSHIP, 1864. The poetic and patriotic preacher, who had won fame in the East, went to California in 1860 and became a power on the Pacific coast. It was not long after the opening of the house of worship built for him that he died. Amidst these glorious works of Thine, Where swell Thy hymns from wave and gale, Our puny walls to Thee we raise, For, kneeling on these altar-stairs, Before Thee, in an evil day, But, through the war-cloud, pray to Thee That Thou wilt bare Thy arm to, save For us, confessing all our need, Assured alone that Thou art good Weak, sinful, blind, to Thee we kneel, So, by these Western gates of Even Suffice it now. In time to be White flowers of love its walls shall climb, A sweeter song shall then be heard,-- That song shall swell from shore to shore, [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |