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The Architect Of All.
" Order is Heaven ' s first law , " and love , Obedient to that law , design'd That man in brotherhood should live , And charity with human kind ;—That souls , fraternal in their birth , In faithful union , should recall The building of the wondrous worlds , Ancl the Architect of all
praise . Spirit of immortality ! To erring mortals freely given—O , guide our footsteps in the path That leads to endless peace in Heaven ! There is the beauteous temple raised ,
Brighter than Earth ' s most princely hall ! There dwells the wondrous Architect—The mighty Architect of all !
The Templar's Hymn.
THE TEMPLAR'S HYMN .
How glorious , O God ! must thy Temple have been , On the clay of its first dedication , AVhen the cherubim wings widely waving were seen , On high o ' er the ark ' s holy station . AA ^ hen even the chosen of Levi , though skill'd , To minister standing before thee
, Retired from the cloud which the Temple then fill'd , And whose splendour made Israel adore thee . How awfully grand was thy Majesty then ; Yet the worship our Order discloses , Less rich in its pomp to the vision of men , Far surpasses the ritual of Moses .
And by whom was that ritual for ever repealed ? But by Him unto whom it was given , To unveil the shrine where at once is revealed , Not the cloud—but the brightness of Heaven . Who having once enter'd hath shown us the way , O Lord 1 how to worshibefore Thee
p ; Not with shadowy forms of that earlier day , But in spirit and truth to adore Thee ? This ! this is the worship the Saviour made known , AVhen she of Samaria found Him , By the Patriarch's well sitting , weary , alone ; AVith the silence of noontide around Him .
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The Architect Of All.
" Order is Heaven ' s first law , " and love , Obedient to that law , design'd That man in brotherhood should live , And charity with human kind ;—That souls , fraternal in their birth , In faithful union , should recall The building of the wondrous worlds , Ancl the Architect of all
praise . Spirit of immortality ! To erring mortals freely given—O , guide our footsteps in the path That leads to endless peace in Heaven ! There is the beauteous temple raised ,
Brighter than Earth ' s most princely hall ! There dwells the wondrous Architect—The mighty Architect of all !
The Templar's Hymn.
THE TEMPLAR'S HYMN .
How glorious , O God ! must thy Temple have been , On the clay of its first dedication , AVhen the cherubim wings widely waving were seen , On high o ' er the ark ' s holy station . AA ^ hen even the chosen of Levi , though skill'd , To minister standing before thee
, Retired from the cloud which the Temple then fill'd , And whose splendour made Israel adore thee . How awfully grand was thy Majesty then ; Yet the worship our Order discloses , Less rich in its pomp to the vision of men , Far surpasses the ritual of Moses .
And by whom was that ritual for ever repealed ? But by Him unto whom it was given , To unveil the shrine where at once is revealed , Not the cloud—but the brightness of Heaven . Who having once enter'd hath shown us the way , O Lord 1 how to worshibefore Thee
p ; Not with shadowy forms of that earlier day , But in spirit and truth to adore Thee ? This ! this is the worship the Saviour made known , AVhen she of Samaria found Him , By the Patriarch's well sitting , weary , alone ; AVith the silence of noontide around Him .