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1 Oh, 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 vanquish'd world! O glorious shame!
O hallow'd agony!

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

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

The Hymnal: published by the Authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. #205 (1895)

International Song Service: with Bright Gems from fifty authors, for Sunday-schools, gospel meetings, missionary and young people's societies, prayer-meetings, etc. #186 (1895)

The Cyber Hymnal #5183

Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church #54 (1917)

Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #449 (1899)

Church Book: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran congregations #233 (1890)

Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #535 (1870)