Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) ‎#426

426. Our country is Immanuel's ground

1 Our country is Immanuel’s ground,
We seek that promised soil;
The songs of Zion cheer our hearts,
While strangers here we toil.

2 Oft do our eyes with joy o’erflow,
And oft are bathed in tears;
Yet nought but heaven our hopes can raise,
And nought but sin our fears.

3 We tread the path our Master trod;
We bear the cross He bore;
And ev'ry thorn that wounds our feet
His temples pierced before.

4 Our powers are oft dissolved away
In ecstasies of love;
And while our bodies wander here
Our souls are fix'd above.

Text Information

• First Line: Our country is Immanuel's ground
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1870
• Topic: Christians: their life and experience; Following Christ; Imitiation: of Christ
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Author from index: Mrs. Barbauld

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