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Christ is the Foundation of the house we raise 
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. 
Here the vow be sealèd by thy Spirit, Lord; here the sick be healèd, and the lost restored; here the broken-hearted thy forgiveness prove; here the friends long parted be restored to love. 
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. 
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. 
(1811-1875)