We are going to the house of prayer,
     pour upon us the spirit of grace and supplication;
We are going to the house of praise
     awaken in us every grateful and cheerful emotion;
We are going to the house of instruction,
     give testimony to the Word preached, 
     and glorify it in the hearts of all who hear;
     may it enlighten the ignorant,
          awaken the careless, reclaim the wandering,
          establish the weak, comfort the feeble-minded,
          make ready a people for their Lord.

Be a sanctuary to all who cannot come,
Forget not those who never come,
And do thou bestow upon us
     benevolence towards our dependents,
     forgiveness towards our enemies,
     peaceableness towards our neighbours,
     openness towards our fellow-Christians.

How welcome to the saints, when press'd
With six days' noise, and care, and toil,
Is the returning day of rest
Which hides them from the world a while?

How happy if their lot is cast
Where statedly the Gospel sounds!
The word is honey to their taste,
Renews their strength, and heals their wounds!

Though pinch'd with poverty at home,
With sharp afflictions daily fed,
It makes amends, if they can come
To God's own house for heav'nly bread!

With joy they hasten to the place
Where they their Savior oft have met;
And while they feast upon his grace,
Their burdens and their griefs forget.

This favour'd lot, my friends, is ours,
May we the privilege improve,
And find these consecrated hours
Sweet earnest of the joys above!

We thank thee for thy day, O Lord:
Here we thy promis'd presence seek;
Open thine hand, with blessings stor'd,
And give us manna for the week.

"But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive...When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: 'Death is swallowed up in victory.' 'O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?'...But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Cor. 15:20-22,54-55,57).