Am E
Built on the Rock the Church shall stand
Am C D E Am
Even when steeples are falling.
Am E
Crumbled have spires in ev'ry land;
Am C D E Am
Bells still are chiming and calling,
Am Em C G C
Calling the young and old to rest,
Am C B E
But above all the soul distressed,
Am F E Am
Longing for rest everlasting.
Am E
Surely in temples made with hands
Am C D E Am
God, the Most High, is not dwelling;
Am E
High above earth his temple stands,
Am C D E Am
All earthly temples excelling.
Am Em C G C
Yet he who dwells in heav'n above
Am C B E
Chooses to live with us in love,
Am F E Am
Making our bodies his temple.
Am E
We are God's house of living stones,
Am C D E Am
Built for his own habitation.
Am E
He through baptismal grace us owns
Am C D E Am
Heirs of his wondrous salvation.
Am Em C G C
Were we but two his name to tell,
Am C B E
Yet he would deign with us to dwell
Am F E Am
With all his grace and his favor.
Am E
Here stands the font before our eyes,
Am C D E Am
Telling how God did receive us.
Am E
Th' altar recalls Christ's sacrifice
Am C D E Am
And what the sacrament gives us.
Am Em C G C
Here sound the Scriptures that proclaim
Am C B E
Christ yesterday, today, the same,
Am F E Am
And evermore, our Redeemer.
Am E
Grant then, O God, your will be done,
Am C D E Am
That, when the church bells are ringing,
Am E
Many in saving faith may come
Am C D E Am
Where Christ his message is bringing
Am Em C G C
"I know my own; my own know me.
Am C B E
You, not the world, my face shall see.
Am F E Am
My peace I leave with you always."