Scripture Verse

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name. Psalm 100:4

Introduction

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J. Lincoln Hall (1866–1930)

Words: Charles A. Holmes, in The Voice of Praise, ed­it­ed by Lin­coln Hall, C. Aus­tin Miles & Ir­vin H. Mack (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hall-Mack, 1904), num­ber 3.

Music: J. Lin­coln Hall (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Holmes (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Within Thy courts, O Lord,
We sing in hal­lowed lays
The won­ders of Thy ma­jes­ty,
The glo­ry of Thy praise.

Refrain

Within Thy courts, O Lord of Hosts,
We sing the good­ness of Thy grace,
And praise Thy won­drous love.

The high and lof­ty heav’ns
Are Thine eter­nal place,
But ev­ery low­ly, con­trite heart,
Thou vi­sit­est with grace.

Refrain

Thy king­dom is with­in
The life that lives for Thee;
Thy tem­ple is with­in the heart
That’s kept in pu­ri­ty.

Refrain