My Soul, How Lovely Is the Place CHURCH—Joseph P. Holbrook MONSON—S. R. Brown (arr. Thomas Hastings) My Soul, How Lovely Is the Place 1 My soul, how lovely is the place, To which thy God resorts! ’Tis heaven to see his smiling face, Though in his earthly courts. 2 There the great Monarch of the skies His saving power displays; And light breaks in upon our eyes, With kind and quickening rays. 3 With his rich gifts, the heavenly Dove Descends and fills the place; While Christ reveals his wondrous