Introductory pages - New Creation Teaching Ministry

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Anne Ross Cousin, 1824–1906
Based on Samuel Rutherford, 1600–61.
1. The sands of time are sinking,
The dawn of Heaven breaks,
The summer morn Iʼve sighed for,
The fair sweet morn awakes:
Dark, dark hath been the midnight,
But dayspring is at hand,
And glory—glory dwelleth
In Immanuelʼs land.
2. The King there in His beauty,
Without a veil, is seen:
It were a well-spent journey,
Though seven deaths lay between.
The Lamb, with His fair army,
Doth on Mount Zion stand,
And glory—glory dwelleth
In Immanuelʼs land.
3. Oh! Christ He is the Fountain,
The deep sweet well of love!
The streams on earth Iʼve tasted,
More deep IʼII drink above:
There, to an ocean fullness,
His mercy doth expand,
And glory—glory dwelleth
In Immanuelʼs land.
4. I have wrestled on towards Heaven,
ʼGainst storm, and wind, and tide—
Now, like a weary traveller,
That leaneth on his guide,
Amid the shades of evening,
While sinks lifeʼs lingʼring sand,
I hail the glory dawning
From Immanuelʼs land.
5. Deep waters crossʼd lifeʼs pathway,
The hedge of thorns was sharp;
Now these lie all behind me—
Oh! for a well-tuned harp!
Oh! to join Hallelujah
With yon triumphant band,
Who sing, where glory dwelleth,
In Immanuelʼs land.
6. With mercy and with judgement
My web of time He wove,
And aye the dews of sorrow
Were lustred with His love.
Iʼll bless the hand that guided,
Iʼll bless the heart that plannʼd,
When throned where glory dwelleth
In Immanuelʼs land.
7. Soon shall the cup of glory
Wash down earthʼs bitterest woes,
Soon shall the desert-briar
Break into Edenʼs rose:
The curse shall change to blessing—
The name on earth thatʼs bannʼd
Be graven on the white stone
In Immanuelʼs land.
8. Oh! I am my Belovèdʼs,
And my Beloved is mine!
He brings a poor vile sinner
Into His ʻHouse of wine.ʼ
I stand upon His merit,
I know no other stand,
Not eʼen where glory dwelleth
In Immanuelʼs land.
9. I shall sleep sound in Jesus,
Fillʼd with His likeness rise,
To live and to adore Him,
To see Him with these eyes.
ʼTween me and resurrection
But Paradise doth stand;
Then—then for glory dwelling
In Immanuelʼs land!
10. The Bride eyes not her garment,
But her dear Bridegroomʼs face;
I will not gaze at glory,
But on my King of Grace—
Not at the crown He gifteth,
But on His piercèd hand:
The Lamb is all the glory
Of Immanuelʼs land.
11. I have borne scorn and hatred,
I have borne wrong and shame,
Earthʼs proud ones have reproachʼd me,
For Christʼs thrice blessèd name—
Where God His seal set fairest
Theyʼve stampʼd their foulest brand;
But judgement shines like noonday
In Immanuelʼs land.
12. Theyʼve summoned me before them,
But there I may not come—
My Lord says, ʻCome up hither,ʼ
My Lord says, ʻWelcome Home!ʼ
My kingly King, at His white throne,
My presence doth command,
Where glory—glory dwelleth
In Immanuelʼs land.
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