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ANCIENT CEREMONIES—DEDICATION OF HALLS.
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When Solomon, with wond'rous skill,
A. temple did prepare,
Israel with zeal his courts did fill,
And God was honor'd there.
Celestial rays of glorious light,
The sacred walls contain'd;
The pure refulgence, day and night,
With awful force remain'd.
O may thy presence, gracious Lord,
In our assembly be;
Enlighten us to know thy Word,
That we may honor Thee.
And when the final trump shall sound,
To judge the world of sin,
Within thy courts may we be found,
Eternally til'd in.
An Address is then delivered, by some Brother appointed for the occasion, after which the following ode is sung:
