Building for Eternity

1We are building in sorrow or joy A temple the world may not see,
Which time cannot mar nor destroy:
We build for eternity.

RefrainWe are building, ev'ry day.
A temple the world may not see;
Building, building ev'ry day,
Building for eternity!

2Ev'ry tho't that we've ever had,
Its own little place has fill'd;
Ev'ry deed we have done, good or bad,
Is a stone in the temple we build.

3Are you building for God alone?
Are you building in faith and love,
A temple the Father will own,
In the city of light above?