The Sands of Time Are Sinking
Authors: Anne R. Cousin • Composers: Chrétien Urhan (arranged from) • Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.5. • Language: English • Formats: lyrics, png • Copyright: Free PNG, Public Domain • Years: 1834, 1857
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1. 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 hath been the midnight,
But day-spring is at hand,
And glory, glory dwelleth
In Emmanuel’s land.
2. The King there in His beauty
Without a veil is seen;
It were a well spent journey,
Through sev’n deaths lay between:
The Lamb with His fair army
Doth on Mount Zion stand,
And glory, glory dwelleth
In Emmanuel’s land.
3. O Christ, He is the Fountain,
The deep sweet Well of love!
The streams on earth I’ve tasted
More deep I’ll drink above;
There to an ocean fulness
His mercy doth expand,
And glory, glory dwelleth
In Emmanuel’s land.
4. With mercy and with judgment
My web of time He wove,
And aye the dews of sorrow
Were lustered by His love:
I’ll bless the hand that guided,
I’ll bless the heart that plann’d,
When thron’d where glory dwelleth
In Emmanuel’s land.