Text: | O mean may seem this house of clay |
Tune: | MEAN MAY SEEM THIS HOUSE OF CLAY |
Composer: | Isaac Beverly Woodbury (1819-1858) 1842 |
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 O vale of tears no longer sad,
Wherein the Lord did dwell!
O happy robe of flesh that clad
Our own Emmanuel!
4 But not this fleshly robe alone
Shall link us, Lord, to Thee;
Not only in the tear and groan
Shall the dear kindred be.
5 We shall be reckoned for Thine own,
Because Thy heaven we share,
Because we sing around Thy throne,
And Thy bright raiment wear.
6 O mighty grace, our life to live,
To make our earth divine!
O mighty grace, Thy heaven to give,
And lift our life to Thine!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O mean may seem this house of clay |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1895 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MEAN MAY SEEM THIS HOUSE OF CLAY |
Composer: | Isaac Beverly Woodbury (1819-1858) 1842 |
Key: | D Major |