The Sunday School Hymnal ‎#226

226. There's a wonderful Temple

1 There’s a wonderful Temple, where the songs never cease,
In the city of Zion, in the kingdom of peace;
‘Tis effulgent with glory for the Lamb is its light
And the saints of all ages in His praises unite.

Refrain:
Wonderful Heavenly Temple,
Beautiful, bright, and fair;
Wonderful Heavenly Temple,
Gather us, Saviour, there.

2 O the jubilant anthems swelling there evermore,
Like the sound of great waters as they break on the shore;
Sweet hosannas re-echo to the Lamb who was slain,
Unto Him who hath loved us, and hath washed every stain. [Refrain]

3 Help us do Thy good pleasure, help us honor Thee now,
Till we stand in Thy presence, with Thy name on each brown;
We shall wear Thy blest likeness in that Temple above,
And no sorrow shall mingle with its service of love. [Refrain]

4 Praise to Thee, God our Father, praise to Thee, gracious Son,
Praise to Thee, Holy Spirit, O Thou blest Three in One;
Thine, all power and dominion, Thine, all blessing and mighty,
In the land everlasting, in the Temple of light. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: There's a wonderful Temple
• Author: Miss Eliza E. Hewitt
• Refrain First Line: Wonderful Heavenly Temple
• Publication Date: 1900
• Topic: Christ: Lamb; Heaven; Singing; Temple

Tune Information

• Name: [There's a wonderful Temple]
• Composer: William James Kirkpatrick, (1838- ) (1895)