EN 303 We Love the Venerable House
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We love the venerable house
Our fathers built to God;
In heaven are kept their grateful vows,
Their dust endears the sod.
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Here holy thoughts a light have shed
From many a radiant face,
And prayers of humble virtue spread
The perfume of the place.
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And anxious hearts have pondered here
The mystery of life,
And prayed th’eternal Light to clear
Their doubts and aid their strife.
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From humble tenements around
Came up the pensive train,
And in the church a blessing found,
That filled their homes again.
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For faith, and peace, and mighty love,
That from the Godhead flow,
Showed them the life of heaven above
Springs from the life below.
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They live with God their homes are dust;
Yet here their children pray,
And in this fleeting lifetime trust
To find the narrow way.

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