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This House

Let me build this house with love,

At the bidding of God s Word;

Let it be no common hovel

But a dwelling of the Lord


 

Let me build it on the Rock,

That is, the Rock of Christ;

Let its walls be our protection,

And its windows be our Light


 

May we sit around the fireplace

At a table set for friends;

May I come here when I m weary,

May I rest when labour ends.


 

O little house that I have built,

May you watch my happy hours;

May you comfort me in sorrow

And receive my gathered flowers.


 

No less than all God s People,

I, too, can offer this;

No less than the grandest Temple

My little house be His.

 

Sr. Giles (C) 2006

Edited 10/09/2006

Br Andrew EFO

 

 

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