Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#54

54. O mean may seem this house of clay

1 O mean may seem this house of clay,
Yet ’twas the Lord’s abode;
Our feet may mourn this thorny way,
Yet here Emmanuel trod.

2 This fleshly robe the Lord did wear;
This watch the Lord did keep;
These burdens sore the Lord did bear;
These tears the Lord did weep.

3 This world the Master overcame;
This death the Lord did die;
O vanquished world! O glorious shame!
O hallowed agony!

4 O vale of tears, no longer sad,
Wherein the Lord did dwell!
O holy robe of flesh that clad
Our own Emmanuel!

5 Our very frailty brings us near
Unto the Lord of heaven;
To every grief, to every tear,
Such glory strange is given.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O mean may seem this house of clay
• Author: Thomas Hornblower Gill (1850)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Church Year: Septuagesima to Lent

Tune Information

• Name: TALLIS' ORDINAL
• Composer: Thomas Tallis (c. 1561)
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: D Major