Bless This House

Song: May H. Brahe, Helen Taylor.

Bless this house, O Lord, we pray,
Make it safe by night and day;

Bless these walls so firm and stout,
Keeping want and trouble out;

Bless the roof and chimneys tall,
Let Thy peace lie over all;

Bless this door that it may prove,
Ever open to joy and love.

Bless these windows shining bright,
Letting in God’s heavenly light;

Bless the hearth a blazing there,
With smoke ascending like a prayer;

Bless the folk who dwell within,
Keep them pure and free from sin;

Bless us all that we may be,
Fit, O Lord, to dwell with thee;

Bless us all that one day we,
May dwell, O Lord, with thee.