424- For Thee, O Dear, Dear Country
Doctrines: Eternal Life
1
- For thee, O dear, dear country,
- Mine eyes their vigils keep;
- For very love beholding
- Thy holy name, they weep.
- The mention of thy glory
- Is unction to the breast,
- And medicine in sickness,
- And love, and life, and rest.
2
- O one, O only mansion!
- O Paradise of joy!
- Where tears are ever banish'd
- And smiles have no alloy;
- Thy loveliness oppresses
- All human thought and heart,
- And none, O Peace, O Sion,
- Can sing thavas thou art.
3
- With jasper glow thy bulwarks,
- Thy streets with emeralds blaze;
- The sardius and the topaz
- Unite in thee their rays;
- Thine ageless walls are bonded
- With amethyst unpriced;
- The saints shall build thy fabric,
- And the cornerstone is Christ.
4
- The cross is all thy splendor,
- The Crucified thy praise;
- His laud and benediction
- Thy ransom'd saints shall raise;
- Upon the Rock of Ages
- They build thy holy tower;
- Thine is the victor's laurel,
- And thine the golden dower.
5
- O sweet and blessed country,
- The home of God's elect!
- O sweet and blessed country
- That eager hearts expect!
- Jesus, in mercy bring us
- To that dear land of rest,
- Who art, with God the Father,
- And Spirit, ever blest.