Christ is the foundation

1.

Christ is the foundation

Of the house we raise;

Be its walls salvation,

And its gateways praise;

May its threshold lowly

To the Lord be dear;

May the hearts be holy

That shall worship here.

2.

Here the vow be seal’d

By Thy Spirit, Lord;

Here the sick be heal’d,

And the lost restored;

Here the broken-hearted

Thy forgiveness prove;

Here the friends long parted

Be restored to love.

3.

Here may every token

Of Thy presence be;

Here may chains be broken,

Prisoners here set free;

Here may light illumine

Every soul of Thine,

Lifting up the human,

Into the divine.

4.

Here may God the Father,

Christ the Savior-Son,

With the Holy Spirit,

Be adored as One;

Till the whole creation

At thy footstool fall,

And in adoration

Own thee Lord of all