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Laying of Corner-Stone Sac^to [Sacramento] Sept. 1850,

1 "O Thou, whose own vast temple stands."
"Built over earth and over sea,"
Accept the work that human hands
Have here now begun to rear for thee.

2 In vain Divinest Architect
The builders [builder's] strength & beauty gives bring
Unless thy mighty arm thou build; & thou protect,
Beneath the shelter spreading of thy wing.

3 Oh here to thee may let temples stand rise
And here reveal thy mercies sure be heard sweet mercys [mercy's] voice,
While peaceful heaving seas shall gird the land stars shall gem the mid night [midnight] skies
And rivers flow vallies [valleys] bloom – & hills endure rejoice.

5 Precious, Elect, great Corner Stone,
Grant us thy temple here to be,
While we by faith, & one by one,
As lively Stones are built on thee!

4 All sure foundations, Glorious God.
Rest firm on thee; and aye endure,
Though devious paths of life
While Rivers flow & vales are trod
And evil hearts thoughts to ruin lure.
While pleasant paths to heav'n [heaven] are trod
By men devout, with conscience pure;