The “morning stars together sang.”

4 Lord, ’tis not ours to make the sea,

And earth, and sky, a house for thee;

But in thy sight our offering stands—

An humbler temple, “made with hands.”

5 We can not bid the morning star

To sing how bright thy glories are;

But, Lord, if thou wilt meet us here,

Thy praise shall be the Christian’s tear.

N. P. Willis.