Versos English Philip Doddridge The Pillar in GOD's heavenly Temple with its Inseription. Rev. iii. 12

English poem

The Pillar in GOD's heavenly Temple with its Inseription. Rev. iii. 12

by (1773–1832)

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All-hail, victorious Saviour, hail! I bow to thy Command; And own, that David's roval Key Well fits thy sov'reign Hand.

Open the Treasures of thy Love, And shed thy Gifts abroad; Unveil to my rejoicing Eyes The Temple of my GOD.

There as a Pillar let me stand On an eternal Base ; Uprear'd by thine almighty Hand, And polish'd by thy Grace.

There deep engraven let me bear The Title of thy GOD; And mark the new Jerusalem, As my secure Abode.

In lasting Characters inscribe Thine own beloved Name, That endless Ages there may read The great Emanuel's Claim.

Lead on, my Gen'ral, I desy What Earth or Hell can do; Thy Conduct, and this glorious Hope Shall bear thy Soldier thro'.