I love Thy kingdom, Lord

I love Thy kingdom, Lord. Timothy Dwight* (1752-1817). This is Dwight’s metrical version of the ‘Third Part’ of Psalm 137, in his edition of Isaac Watts*’s The Psalms of David (Hartford, Connecticut, 1801). It had eight 4-line stanzas. It was printed in the American Episcopal Church Hymnal in 1826, and has remained in successive editions. It is ‘the earliest American hymn text remaining in common use’ (Glover, 1990-1994, volume 3B, p. 979). Most books, including H82, omit stanzas 2-4: 2. I love the church, O God! Her walls before Thee stand, Dear as the apple of Thine eye, And graven on Thy hand. 3. If e’er to bless Thy sons My voice, or hands, deny, These hands let...