Jesus, by Thine almighty hands

Verse 1
Jesus, by thine almighty hands
The church’s sure foundation stands
Deep-laid in every humble heart:
Thou art our Saviour and our Prince,
Who giv’st the sense of pardon’d sins,
The author of our faith thou art;

Verse 2
Thou, Lord, its finisher shalt be;
The sacred house begun by thee,
Shall soon to full perfection rise:
Thou wilt fulfil thy people’s hope,
And build thy living temples up
By holiest love to reach the skies.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands also shall finish it.”—[Zech.] iv. 9. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 115.
Publishing: Public Domain