Shall we turn again to the word of God, to the chapter that we read from in the first book of Kings, chapter eight. And especially this morning, I want to direct your attention to words that you'll find in verse 29. This is part of the prayer of Solomon on that feast of the dedication of the new temple. And we read in the first book of Kings, chapter eight, this desire, this prayer, that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, my name shall be there, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place. If we read from verse 28, Just to get the whole sentence, Solomon says, yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee today, that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, my name shall be there, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place. As I said before, we read the chapter, In the context, this is Solomon dedicating the new temple which, as God had promised, he has now built. It was his father David's desire, wasn't it? And Solomon speaks about that in verse 17.

It was in the heart of David, my father, to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

You can read back in the second book of Samuel, You remember David's request to the prophet Nathan, when King David seems to become aware that it doesn't seem right that the Ark of God is still in a tent, and yet he is living in a house of cedar. And first of all, Nathan says, go, do all that is in thy heart, for the Lord is with thee. And Nathan has to be corrected, and the Lord shows himself to Nathan that night and says that David is not to build a temple for the Lord to dwell in. But in the same chapter we read of God's promise to David through Nathan the prophet concerning his son, And it's a remarkable thing, isn't it, that we were just singing in that psalm. I don't think Cliff knew what I was planning to preach from this morning, but that psalm, it speaks, doesn't it, of the Lord and his coming to Zion and of his promise concerning the fruit of David's body. And we have that promise here in verse 19. thou shalt not build the house but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins he shall build the house unto my name and now Solomon can look back and he can say well it's happened just as God has promised the Lord hath performed his word that he spake and I am risen up in the room of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel as the Lord promised and have built a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel and this was a a significant moment in the history of Israel, wasn't it?

Because up until this point, the presence of God amongst them had been in a tent. That's what the word tabernacle really signifies. It's a temporary kind of building. And it was God's purpose up until this point to dwell in that kind of building.

You remember what he said to Nathan back there in 2 Samuel 7. Since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, I have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel, spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, saying, why build ye not me a house of cedar? He had not given them a commandment to build a house of cedar, but it was his will to dwell amongst them in a tent and in a tabernacle. Of course, you can remember the construction of that tabernacle, all those details that are given to Moses back there in Exodus. when the Lord says, make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. And you read through those chapters, Exodus 25 and so on, about the furniture and the curtains and the different elements of that tabernacle.

Of course, it needed to be a temporary building at that time, didn't it? Because they were on a journey. And all through those 40 years, they would be moving from place to place and they would have to take the tabernacle down, carry it to the next camp and then put it back up again. But when they come across into the promised land, they don't immediately then build a more permanent building.

And in fact, you can read in Joshua 18 that when they come across Jordan into the land of Canaan, they assemble together at Shiloh And they set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. It no longer needs to be moved, but it is still the kind of building that could be moved, a temporary kind of building, a tent-like structure that could very easily be taken down and moved from place to place.

And of course, it was there in Shiloh that we read of Hannah and her prayer and of the birth of Samuel, there at the beginning of the book of Samuel. It was there in Shiloh that she was in the temple or the tabernacle, as it was, and was accused by Eli of being drunk. And you remember the account of Samuel's birth and how Samuel, he grows up to be this great prophet. But all through those years, up until this time in the life of Solomon, the presence of God among them had been in this temporary kind of building.

Now, why was that? Well, surely it was an indication that God's blessing upon them was very conditional. And if you turn back to the book of Leviticus chapter 26, you will see that God there speaks of the blessings that he will bless them with if they walk in his statutes and keep his commandments. He says in Leviticus chapter 26 verse 3, it's a long chapter full of blessings for obedience and then full of plagues for disobedience. But one of the blessings for obedience is this in verse 11.

He says, I will set my tabernacle among you and my soul shall not abhor you. In other words, he says to them, if you walk in my ways, if you keep my commandments, then not only will I bless you with with rain and with the increase of your harvest and peace in your land, but I will set my tabernacle among you, and I will walk among you, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people."

And perhaps in this tent, in this tabernacle, all through those years, up until this day in the life of Solomon, God is reminding them that his presence with them is very much conditional upon their obedience. It was a temporary kind of building, and it was the place where God's blessing was. This is a wonderful thread to follow, what Solomon speaks of here in his prayer.

In this verse, he speaks of a place where God's name is, doesn't he? He says, this place of which thou hast said my name shall be there. This is the promise that God has given concerning this new temple. And it was the same kind of promise that he had attached to the tabernacle, wasn't it? His name is going to be there. It's going to be the place where his presence is, where his blessing is. And as I say, that's a very wonderful thread. And really, I just want to try and follow that thread with you this morning.

And it begins, or perhaps it's not the beginning, but The first time we have this kind of expression is right back in the book of Exodus. And it's in the same chapter, remarkably, it's in the same chapter as the giving of the 10 commandments. That chapter is a chapter which is full of law, isn't it? These 10 words, these 10 commandments that God gives to Israel through Moses on those two tablets of stone. It's a chapter which is full of law. It's a chapter which is full of separation, isn't it?

You remember how the people are, they can't come up to the mountain, but they are kept at a distance. And there in Exodus 20, we read that the people stood afar off. And only Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. There was thunderings and lightnings and the noise of the trumpet and the mountain smoking. And the people are terrified by this, aren't they? And they say to Moses, we don't want to go up there. You go and speak to God for us and tell us what he said, but we're not coming. It's too intimidating, it's too fearful. But there in that same chapter in Exodus 20, we have, as I say, the first phrase of this kind of expression. Right at the end of the chapter, the Lord promises and gives them this word of gospel, really.

He says, an altar of earth thou shalt make unto me and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings and thy peace offerings, thy sheep and thy oxen, and then this, in all places where I record my name, I will come unto thee and I will bless thee. So you see that even in that chapter of law and thundering and lightning, God is giving them this promise that there's going to be places where his name is going to be, where his name is going to be recorded. And I think if you look at other translations of the Bible, sometimes it's put like this, in all places where I cause my name to be remembered. as the children of Israel are travelling through those 40 years, there are going to be altars that they're going to build. And there are going to be sacrifices and offerings. And these are going to be places where God is going to record his name, where he's going to cause his name to be remembered. And he says, in all places where I record my name, I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

This was something that was made very precious, this verse. Towards the end of last year, we had some work done on the chapel up in Haines, and we were meeting in a village hall, or a mission hall it was called in Haines. And one of our first services that we had there, I tried to preach from this verse, because it's an indication that God's blessing is not tied to a particular building. And as we were meeting in an unfamiliar place, it was wonderful to be reminded that it made no difference when it came to the blessing of God. But he says in all places, whether that's in a chapel or in a private home or in a village hall or out in a field, it's the same blessing that he promises in all places where I record my name. And God gives them this wonderful promise of his presence and his blessing.

And you can follow that thread then forwards into the book of Deuteronomy. And in Deuteronomy chapter 12, there's another emphasis which is unfolded to the Israelites. And the great emphasis there of Deuteronomy chapter 12 is that there's only going to be one place where God's name is going to be. they were coming into a land where the people had worshipped God here, there and everywhere. They had worshipped their idols, as it says, in high mountains and on hills and under every green tree. And they were setting up their altars wherever they wanted to do that.

But God says to the Israelites, when you come into that land, you're not to do it like that. You have to break down their altars You have to burn their groves with fire. You have to cut down their graven images and destroy the names of them out of that place.

And you're not to have that kind of attitude in your worship, but there's going to be one place. And it's a phrase which comes up over and over again in the book of Deuteronomy, the place which the Lord shall choose. Deuteronomy chapter 12, he says, ye shall not do so unto the Lord your God, but unto the place, the place, so it's one place, unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there. Even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come. And he says, you bring your offerings there, and you bring your sacrifices there. You don't offer them in the open field, you don't offer them in your own houses, in your own gates. You can kill and eat in those places, but if you're going to offer, you bring it to the place that I've chosen. And again, as I say, I think over 20 times in the book of Deuteronomy, you have this expression, the place which the Lord your God shall choose. It's going to be one place, but it's in a tent and it's in a tabernacle.

But now you follow that thread up to this day of Solomon here in 1 Kings chapter 8. And what's happening here in the days of Solomon? Well, suddenly, the Lord now is going to dwell among them, not in a tent, and not in a tabernacle, but in a temple. And this temple was a magnificent building, wasn't it? If you look back in chapter 5, You can read about Solomon beginning to make preparation for the work of building.

And you remember how he sends messengers to this man Hiram, king of Tyre. And he asks him to cut him down cedar trees out of Lebanon. And Hiram agrees to it. And not only does he gather together these cedar trees of Lebanon, of course, the cedars of Lebanon, they were well known for being big trees, magnificent trees. But not only does he gather together these cedars of Lebanon, but you can read at the end of chapter five, the king commanded and they brought great stones, costly stones, and huge stones to lay the foundation of the house.

In other words, this is going to be a very permanent building. You can't move a building like this once it's built. It's not like a tent where you can take it down and move it to a different place and then put it back up again. But there's something very permanent about it. And it's a wonderful picture, really, this building of the temple by Solomon. What's happening is that God's presence is becoming a permanent presence now. The place is a much more permanent place, a fixed place. And it's very significant, isn't it? Who does this work? Who is it that's building this permanent building?

Well, it's this man, Solomon. And what do we see when we look at this man, Solomon? Well, we see the Lord Jesus, don't we? I know it's an imperfect picture. Solomon, he was a good king and he was a wise man, but he was not a perfect king or a perfect man. But he is a picture of one that was to come. Jesus spoke of himself as a greater than Solomon. And Solomon is a picture of Christ, even his name. What does the name Solomon mean? Well, the name Solomon comes from the same kind of word as that word shalom, which means peace. And he's given that name because he's going to be a man of peace.

You remember the promises that were given to David concerning the birth of Solomon? Back there in 2 Samuel 7, when Nathan the prophet comes back to David and says, no, you're not going to build a temple, but your son is going to build a temple. And what does he say concerning that son? And these are words which were true of Solomon in a limited sense, weren't they?

But they're only fully true of the Lord Jesus. The Lord says to David there in 2 Samuel 7 verse 12, when thy days be fulfilled and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his father. He shall be my son. My mercy shall not depart from him. Thine house, thy kingdom shall be established forever before thee. Thy throne shall be established forever.

And David is overwhelmed by this, isn't he? And you remember David's prayer there in 2 Samuel 7. He says, who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house? He says, it's a remarkable thing that you have sustained me in my kingdom to this moment. But he says, you've made much bigger promises now. This was yet a small thing in thy sight, but now thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And David is full of wonder, isn't he, and full of praise.

And surely he sees something of the Lord Jesus Christ in God's promise to him. This man Solomon is a picture of Christ. You remember that psalm, Psalm 72. is a psalm which is entitled For Solomon. A psalm for Solomon or of Solomon perhaps. And again you read through that psalm and there is a sense in which these words were true of Solomon. But they were not fully true of Solomon. Look at these words of verse 17 in psalm 72. His name shall endure forever. His name shall be continued as long as the sun, and men shall be blessed in him. All nations shall call him blessed. Who is that speaking of?

Well, it's not just Solomon, is it? But it's a greater than Solomon. And as I say, it's a remarkable thing that this man, Solomon, who is a picture of the Lord Jesus, is now responsible for making God's presence among Israel a permanent presence. No longer a tent or a tabernacle. but a temple of great stones and a temple which is going to stay there. It's not going to move from place to place. And through the work of Solomon, God's presence with Israel has become a more permanent presence. Do you see? This is a picture of Christ's work. That's what we're seeing in this chapter, in this day. And it must have been a wonderful day, mustn't it?

When Solomon finally finishes the temple and they bring up the ark And look at verse 10, the priests come out of the holy place and the glory of the Lord descends into this new temple that Solomon has built. This is God stamping, if you like, his seal of approval on it, isn't it? This is God saying, yes, as I was there in the tabernacle, I'm now going to be in this temple. And through the work of Solomon, God's presence becomes a more permanent presence.

So we've seen how this thread goes back to Exodus, and we've seen how it runs to this day that we're reading about here. But then you can trace it forwards. And you can trace it right up to today. Because this temple, whilst it was more permanent than the tabernacle, it was not everlasting, was it? And there came a day when even this magnificent temple was destroyed.

And you can read about that in the second book of Chronicles. Of course, this is many years after the death of Solomon. What happened there in 2 Chronicles 36, right there towards the end of the existence of the kingdom of Judah, really. Right towards the end of Judah as a separate kingdom a kingdom in its own right. Before the captivity of Babylon, they have these kings, these kings that don't really last very long, do they? They're in the last chapter of Chronicles.

One king is set up and then they're taken down and another king is set up. And then finally, you read this, that God brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans. in the second book of Chronicles, chapter 36, verse 17, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young men or maiden, old men, or him that stooped for age.

And verse 19, they burnt the house of God. That's the temple that Solomon had built, a temple of great stones, the place where God's glory had descended on that day, and God's presence was there, But now it's burned. And all of the vessels of the temple, they're carried away.

Now, of course, we know that it was rebuilt in the days of Ezra. You can read about the coming of Ezra and Nehemiah and those who rebuilt the temple towards the end of that time of captivity. But even that new temple was destroyed, wasn't it? And that second destruction, it really was a destruction from which there could be no recovery. It came after the death of the Lord Jesus, didn't it? And there's a very significant moment when the Lord Jesus dies.

The veil of the temple is rent in twain from the top to the bottom. Now what is the Lord saying by that? destruction of the veil of the temple. What he's saying is this is done now. This temple is finished with. That's not going to be the place where I dwell with my people anymore. It's not going to be as it was in the days of Solomon when there was one physical place where I blessed my people and where I dwelt with my people. But it's going to be different from this moment forwards. And it's the same kind of transition.

So when the temple is built and the tabernacle is finished, God's presence becomes more permanent. And when the temple is destroyed and we come into the gospel age, it's exactly the same kind of transition. God's presence has become more permanent by the destruction of that temple and not less permanent. And now the Lord Jesus can say things like this. He can say, upon this rock, I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. It's as if he says, well, this temple is not going to last forever, but I'm building something which is going to last forever. A replacement for the temple.

And what kind of building is that? Well, it's no longer a physical building. We don't today, believe in physical holy spaces, do we? Yes, we meet in chapels like this and church buildings and it's good to have places to gather in, but we don't believe that this is a holy building in the same sense as the tabernacles. It's just a convenient place to gather.

What kind of church is it that Jesus is building, that he begins to speak of there when he talks about the gates of hell? Well, it's a spiritual house, isn't it? That's how Peter describes it. In his first epistle, chapter two, he speaks to those Christians and he says, ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house. A spiritual house, not a physical house. but it's still the place where God's glory is and where God's presence is. Ye also as lively stones are built up a spiritual house and holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

And Jesus Christ is the foundation, isn't he? A chief cornerstone. But God is building his church and it's made of people. And if you're a Christian here this morning, You're part of that building. You're a stone built upon that foundation. You're part of that church that Jesus is building, that he said the gates of hell shall not prevail against him.

And he's present there, isn't he? We sometimes have to plead those words in Matthew 19, or Matthew 18 rather, where two or three are gathered together in my name. I'm there in the midst. And he's there in the midst in just as real a way as he was there in the tabernacle that Moses built and in the temple that Solomon built. And in fact, he's there even more. Not less, but more.

You remember what the Lord said through Haggai concerning the second temple. When they built the second temple, The old men were distressed, weren't they? The old men who remembered the first temple, they wept when they saw the foundation of the second temple because it was so much smaller and so much less glorious. But God gave them a promise through Haggai and he said the glory of this latter house is going to be greater than the glory of that first house.

And why was that? Well, it was because that latter house was going to be blessed with the presence of the Son of God. That was the temple that Jesus walked in. And so whilst the building was less elaborate and less ornate and less impressive, it was more glorious because Jesus was there.

And you can carry that same principle forward to the Gospel day, to this day. And we're living in the last days, aren't we? The last days, I don't mean the world's going to end soon. Nobody knows when the world's going to end. But the last days, it just signifies the period between Jesus' first coming and his second coming. And they're called the last days because this is the final phase, if you like. You have the tabernacle phase, then you have the temple phase, and now we have the gospel phase. And all the time, God's presence is becoming more permanent.

And so you think of these words of Solomon in the context of the Gospel age. This is a wonderful verse, isn't it, when you think of it in that sense. These words of Solomon, he says to the Lord that his eyes are going to be open toward this house, night and day. This is Solomon's prayer concerning his temple. He wants the Lord to be watching, to be looking into that temple. And he wants the Lord to be listening to supplication and to prayer, so that when Solomon himself or anyone of the people of Israel, when they pray toward this place, toward the place where God is, Solomon says, hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and when thou hearest, forgive.

Well, you think of that in the context of this last age. It's the church, isn't it? It's the church that Christ is building, and God's eyes are open towards it, night and day. He watches over it. It's his church. He's building it. He's building it carefully. He's building it very deliberately. When a person is added to the church, Converted, born again, brought to faith in the Lord Jesus. They're added to the church. They're to be baptised, aren't they? And united to a local church.

And God does this very deliberately. That person is needed in that church right now. And they're brought there at the right time to serve together with the other members of that church in the way that God has appointed. And so when you read these words of Solomon here in verse 29, it's a wonderful privilege, isn't it, as we come together this morning. We come together under the eye of God. His eye is open toward this house, towards this church, towards this local church, as it is to every gathering of Christians everywhere.

And his name is there. And he hears prayers. from his people as he gathers them together and he hearkens to them. And so this prayer of Solomon is fulfilled today. Hearken that thine eyes may be open night and day, night and day. And he's building this kingdom. Now just a couple of things before I close. There's something here about separation, isn't there? As Jesus is building his church, he's gathering in sinners to be part of that church, and he's gathering them away from their previous life.

The phrase that's often used is outside the camp. You remember when Moses had to, he built the tabernacle, and we're told in Exodus chapter 33, that after the sin of the golden calf, Moses did something very significant. He took the tabernacle and he pitched it without the camp, far off from the camp. And that was symbolic, wasn't it? That after the sin of Israel, in worshipping that golden calf, it's as if the Lord says to them, I'm separating myself from you now. He pitched it without the camp, but far off from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass that everyone which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation which was without the camp."

There's grace in that, isn't there? The tabernacle is not destroyed. It's not that the tabernacle no longer exists. And whilst it's outside the camp, it's not so far off that they can't get to it. And this is a picture of the gospel, isn't it? where there is a coming to Christ, there has to be a going outside of the camp. This country, this world is not our rest. It's not our native country anymore if we're Christians. Yes, we still live in it. But we are citizens of a better country.

And you remember Paul's words in the second epistle to the Corinthians, come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing, and I will receive you, and will be a father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Now have you been gathered into this one church? Is this kingdom your kingdom? Is that church that Christ is building, are they your people? Do you look at them and say, this people shall be my people, and their God is my God? There's a gathering in, isn't there? A gathering away. There's a seeing that this is better. This kingdom that Christ is building is better than what the world can offer. Because it's God's building, it's God's church. He's building it. There's something about separation.

And then finally, of course, whilst we recognise these days as the last days, we know that even what we experience today is a picture of something even better than that. You know that our worship, even when we come together in this corporate way, is so often disrupted by sin, isn't it? How often do we have to sit in a service and suddenly we find that our minds are miles away? And what's happening is because we've got this body that we carry around with us that still is full of sin. But there's something coming which is even better. And if you turn over to Revelation chapter seven, what do we read there in verse 15?

John has this wonderful vision of the glorified church, doesn't he? The church triumphant. And he sees them united. They're all from different countries, different languages, nations, kindreds, people and tongues. But now look at them. There's such a unity there. They're all standing around the throne. They're all standing before the Lamb. They're all clothed with white robes. They've all got palms in their hands and they're all crying with a loud voice and they're all saying exactly the same thing.

Salvation to our God, which sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb. And what does John see at the end of that seventh chapter? Therefore are they before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sunlight on them nor any heat, for the lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. Of course, we have another picture of it in the final chapter. There shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall serve him, and they shall see his face, and his name shall be in their foreheads, and there shall be no night there, and they need no candle, neither light of the sun, for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign forever and ever.

And this is the final, the culmination, if you like, of all that we see as God directs Moses to build that tabernacle. And as Solomon, he builds this more permanent temple. And then as the Lord Jesus begins to build his even more permanent church upon the rock of himself and the gates of hell, they're powerless against it. And that church is building and building and growing and extending.

And here is the final product, if you like, the finished version. and it has the throne of God and of the Lamb in it. There's no temple there. That's interesting, isn't it, in chapter 21 of Revelation. John makes a note of this, having seen this glorious city. He says, I saw no temple therein. Now why is there no temple? Because it's all temple. The Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

No need of the sun, no need of the moon. for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof, and the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it, and the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day, for there shall be no night there, and they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.

And here is Christ's church, those who are written in the Lamb's book of life, and they're gathered in, and they're built up, and God's presence is there in the midst of them. Now is this your hope? this glorious final product, this glorified church, are you in the path to that destination? Are you in the path of faith, the path of obedience, the path of Christ's church, the path of baptism, the path of membership of a local church, the path of the fellowship of the saints? These are the helps that Christ has given to bring his people on that path, to help them in that way. the means of grace, and he will bring them here, won't he?

There's no doubt about it. They which are written in the Lamb's book of life, they're all there. Nobody's missing. The nations of them which are saved, they're walking in the light of God's presence, the throne of God and of the Lamb. The Lord God giveth them light and they shall reign forever and ever.

And even more so there, we can see the final answer to Solomon's prayer. God's eyes are open towards this house night and day, towards the place of which thou hast said, my name shall be there. And he hears and he blesses and they serve him there perfectly. that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said my name shall be there, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make towards this place.

And we're going to sing about it in our closing hymn in a moment. These well-known words of Isaac Watts, and you see how he follows the same thread. He speaks of the ark being settled in Zion, And he says, well now it's the same but better. We don't have to wander far abroad and to go such lengths as they did, but wherever thy saints assemble now, there is a house for God.

And look at his prayer in verse six of this hymn. Here let the son of David reign. Let God's anointed shine, justice and truth his court maintain, with love and power divine. Here let him hold a lasting throne, and as his kingdom grows, and it's growing, isn't it? He's building his church, and as his kingdom grows, fresh honours shall adorn his crown, and shame confound his foes. Well, may God grant to us these blessings and bring us into his kingdom. Thine eyes may be opened toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place. Amen.