Christ Is Our Cornerstone

Christ is our Cornerstone,
On Him alone we build;
With His true saints alone
The courts of heaven are filled;
On His great love our hopes we place
Of present grace and joys above.

O then with hymns of praise
These hallowed courts shall ring;
Our voices we will raise
The Three in One to sing;
And thus proclaim in joyful song
Both loud and long, that glorious Name.

Here, gracious God, do Thou
Forevermore draw nigh;
Accept each faithful vow,
And mark each suppliant sigh;
In copious shower on all who pray,
Each holy day, Thy blessings pour.

Here may we gain from Heav’n,
The grace which we implore;
And may that grace, once given,
Be with us evermore;
Until that day when all the blest
To endless rest are called away.

Author: John Chandler

Year: 1837

This is a translation/adaptation of the 7th-century Latin hymn 'Angularis fundamentum lapis'. Chandler included it in his 'Hymns of the Primitive Church' (1837). Some hymnals attribute the English version simply to 'Latin, tr. Chandler' or use slight variants; no strong alternate English authors are known.