God is in his temple

God is in his temple. William Tidd Matson* (1833-1899). Matson’s poem was published in his Lays of Laud, Life & Litany (1891), and in his Poetical Works (1894), with the date 1872. It was printed in Supplemental Hymns (1868), edited by Henry Allon*. It has remained popular in Baptist, Methodist and Congregationalist/URC books. It was written to fit the tune GRONINGEN, ascribed to Joachim Neander*:   God is in his temple,  The Almighty Father;Round his footstool let us gather:  Him with adoration  Serve, the Lord most holy,Who hath mercy on the lowly;    Let us raise    Hymns of praise,  For his great salvation:  God is in his temple. The hymn has a strong resemblance to the German hymn...

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