Above: St. Clare’s Episcopal Church, Blairsville, Georgia, August 5, 2012
Image Source = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
Hymn Source = Pilgrim Hymnal (1958), of the United Church of Christ
Words the John Milton (1608-1674), the great poet
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1. How lovely are thy dwellings fair,
O Lord of hosts; how dear
The pleasant tabernacles are
Where thou dost dwell so near!
2. Happy, who in thy house reside,
Where thee they ever praise!
Happy, whose strength in thee abide
And in their hearts thy ways!
3. They journey on from strength to strength
With joy and gladness cheer,
Till all before our God at length
In Zion do appear.
4. Lord God of hosts that reign’st on high,
That man is truly blest,
Who only on thee doth rely,
And in thee only rest.
GATHERED PRAYERS 
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