Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes ‎#239

239. 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 every 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 fixed above.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Our country is Immanuel's ground
• Author: Anna L. Barbauld (1792)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1899
• Topic: Heaven: Anticipated; Lent
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: CHURCH
• Composer: Joseph P. Holbrook
• Meter: C. M.
• Notes: Public Domain.