By A Collection of Hymns

      C.M. Jeremiah vii 4.
      1 THE men who slight thy faithful word,
      In their own lies confide,
      These are the temple of the Lord,
      And heathens all beside!

      2 The temple of the Lord are these.
      The only church and true,
      Who live in pomp, and wealth, and ease,
      And Jesus never knew.

      3 The temple of the Lord - they pull
      Thy living temples down,
      And cast out every gracious soul
      That trembles at thy frown:

      4 O wouldst thou, Lord, reveal their sins,
      And turn their joy to grief,
      The world, the Christian world, convince
      Of damning unbelief!

      5 The formalists confound, convert,
      And to thy people join;
      And break, and fill the broken heart
      With confidence divine!