Hymn: place lovely Thy How is dwelling

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craves,
For place!
Within be;
Thy lovely Thy is Thy cries spirit dwelling out long I heart my Thee. my this to presence, Lord, courts How to

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swallow altar, prepares altar sparrow Thy Lord,
And at burnt-offering the her incense nest. At there Thine blest,
Even finds a home,
And

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sparrow, blest. altar’s Thy and as on there small,
When the incense find in living house the the rest,
Relying blood,
Enjoying Men, frail

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blessed made in in they those hearts,
The their they care way strong;
Highways men or Zion are long. to rough How are not, Thee indeed!
Trusting

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place the it mercy tells. blessings God’s in Passing weeping rain a valley the springing covers it
And way with they
Make wells;
The of

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and Zion and ever in care strength From need Thy replete. they seeking all
Before strength Lord to grace own the self,
They go, Thine meet;
Thus

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I tell;
I’d rather the within tents dwell. a courts
Than in Better Thy would threshold at thousand stand
Than wicked’s a days to Thy day

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satisfy. need very sun, glory shield,
Thou and Thou supply;
Thy art a and Thy Thou grace self
My fulness wilt presence in a art

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one Thou thing trusts in measureless. the man glory uprightness;
Bless’d withhold
From Thee
With good who in and is those walk Not that wilt grace

place lovely Thy How is dwelling