0117b EMMANUEL’S LAND

SONG OF THE WEEK: EMMANUEL'S LAND (COME ALIVE SINGERS)

Elizabeth Ann Cousins, modified and set to music by Jeff Steele.

(Note: This was a group of students for which I was music director in 1997. Jeff was a student composer who discovered this poem, which had been a favorite of Moody and of Spurgeon back in the day.)

The sands of time are sinking
The dawn of heaven breaks
The summer morn I've sighed for
The fair sweet morn awakes
Dark dark has been the midnight
But dayspring is at hand
And glory glory dwells there
In Emmanuel's Land

Verse 2

O Christ He is the fountain
The deep sweet well of love
The streams on earth I've tasted
I'll drink more deep above
There in the depths of the ocean
His mercy does expand
And glory glory dwells there
In Emmanuel's Land

Bridge

Oh I am my Beloved's
And my Beloved's mine
He brings this poor vile sinner
To the wedding feast to dine
I stand upon His mercy
I know no other stand
I'll join Him where glory's dwelling
In Emanuel's Land

Verse 3

The bride eyes not her garment
But her dear Bridegroom's face
I will not gaze at glory
But on my King of Grace
Not at the crown He gives me
But on His pierced hand
The Lamb He is all the glory
Of Emmanuel's Land

Ending

The Lamb He is all the glory
Of Emmanuel's Land
In Emanuel's Land

 

Anne Ross Cousin | Jeff Steele

• © 1997 CByond Music