424 For Thee O Dear Dear Country
[1]
For thee O dear dear country
Mine eyes their vigils keep;
For very love beholding
Thy holy name they weep.
The mention of thy glory
Is unction to the breast
And medicine in sickness
And love and life and rest.
For thee O dear dear country
Mine eyes their vigils keep;
For very love beholding
Thy holy name they weep.
The mention of thy glory
Is unction to the breast
And medicine in sickness
And love and life and rest.
[2]
O one O only mansion!
O Paradise of joy!
Where tears are ever banish d
And smiles have no alloy;
Thy loveliness oppresses
All human thought and heart
And none O Peace O Sion
Can sing thavas thou art.
O one O only mansion!
O Paradise of joy!
Where tears are ever banish d
And smiles have no alloy;
Thy loveliness oppresses
All human thought and heart
And none O Peace O Sion
Can sing thavas thou art.
[3]
With jasper glow thy bulwarks
Thy streets with emeralds blaze;
The sardius and the topaz
Unite in thee their rays;
Thine ageless walls are bonded
With amethyst unpriced;
The saints shall build thy fabric
And the cornerstone is Christ.
With jasper glow thy bulwarks
Thy streets with emeralds blaze;
The sardius and the topaz
Unite in thee their rays;
Thine ageless walls are bonded
With amethyst unpriced;
The saints shall build thy fabric
And the cornerstone is Christ.
[4]
The cross is all thy splendor
The Crucified thy praise;
His laud and benediction
Thy ransom d saints shall raise;
Upon the Rock of Ages
They build thy holy tower;
Thine is the victor s laurel
And thine the golden dower.
The cross is all thy splendor
The Crucified thy praise;
His laud and benediction
Thy ransom d saints shall raise;
Upon the Rock of Ages
They build thy holy tower;
Thine is the victor s laurel
And thine the golden dower.
[5]
O sweet and blessed country
The home of God s elect!
O sweet and blessed country
That eager hearts expect!
Jesus in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest
Who art with God the Father
And Spirit ever blest.
O sweet and blessed country
The home of God s elect!
O sweet and blessed country
That eager hearts expect!
Jesus in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest
Who art with God the Father
And Spirit ever blest.