Author: Thomas Hornblower Gill Hymnal: Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church #54 (1917) Hymnal Title: Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church Lyrics: 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.
Topics: The Church Year Septuagesima to Lent Languages: English Tune Title: TALLIS' ORDINAL
O mean may seem this house of clay