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 When the stranger asks a home,
  All his toils to end;
 When the hungry craveth food,
  And the poor a friend;
 When the sailor on the wave
  Bows the fervent knee;
 When the soldier on the field
  Lifts his heart to thee :
Hear then in love, Lord, the cry,
In heaven, thy dwelling-place on high.

 When the man of toil and care.
  In the city crowd;
 When the shepherd on the moor
  Names the Name of God;
 When the learned and the high.
  Tired of earthly fame,
 Upon higher joys intent.
  Name the blessed Name :
Hear then in love, Lord, the cry,
In heaven, thy dwelling-place on high.

 When the child, with grave fresh lip,
  Youth or maiden fair;
 When the aged, weak and grey,
  Seek thy face in prayer;
 When the widow weeps to thee.
  Sad and lone and low;
 When the orphan brings to thee
  All his orphan woe :
Hear then in love, Lord, the cry.
In heaven, thy dwelling-place on high.

 When creation, in her pangs.
  Heaves her heavy groan;
 When thy Salem's exiled sons
  Breathe their bitter moan;
 When thy widowed, weeping Church,
  Looking for a home,
 Sendeth up her silent sigh —
  Come, Lord Jesus, come':
Hear then in love, Lord, the cry,
In heaven, thy dwelling-place on high.