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I Love Thy Church

Timothy Dwight • English

Primary Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:10

Verse 1

I love your church, O Lord! Her saints before you stand, dear as the apple of your eye and graven on your hand.

Verse 2

Beyond my highest joy I prize her heavenly ways, her sweet communion, solemn vows, her hymns of love and praise.

Verse 3

I love your church, O God, the people you have called, the church our blest Redeemer saved with his own precious blood.

Scripture References

Reference 1

  • deuteronomy 32:10

Reference 2

  • psalms 17:8

Reference 3

  • zechariah 2:8

Reference 4

  • matthew 16:17-19

Reference 5

  • 1-timothy 3:14-16
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