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CCXCIX. Our Bodies the Temples of the. Holy Ghost

1 And will the offended God again
Return and dwell with sinful men?
Will he within this bosom raise
A living temple to his praise?

2 The joyful news transports my breast,
All hail! I cry, thou heavenly guest!
Lift up your heads, ye powers within,
And let the king of glory in.

3 Enter with all thy heavenly train,
Here live, and here forever reign:
Thy sceptre o'er my passions sway,
Let love command, and I'll obey.

4 Reason and conscience shall submit,
And pay their homage at thy feet:
To thee I'll consecrate my heart,
And bid each rival thence depart.

6 No idol god shall hold a place
Within this temple of thy grace:
Dagon before the ark shall fall,
And vengeance seize the priests of Baal.

Text Information

• First Line: And will the offended God again
• Title: Our Bodies the Temples of the. Holy Ghost
• Author: Dr. S. Stennett
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1792
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 6:19
  ;
  1 John 5:21
• Topic: The Christian; Bodies of the saints, the care of God: Temples of the Holy Ghost; Christian: His body the temple of the spirit; Idols renounced and God welcome into the soul
• Notes: Public Domain.

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