Lyrics
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 dayspring is at hand,
And glory, glory dwelleth
In Immanuel's land.
O Christ, He is the Fountain,
The deep, sweet Well of Love!
The streams of earth I've tasted
More deep I'll drink above:
There to an ocean fullness
His mercy doth expand,
And glory, glory dwelleth
In Immanuel's land.
There the Red Rose of Sharon
Reveals His handsome bloom
He fills the air of Heaven
Sending forth His fresh perfume:
Oh! To behold His beauty,
While by His fragrance fanned,
Where glory-glory dwelleth
In Immanuel's land.
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 Immanuel's land.
O I am my Beloved's
And my Beloved's mine!
He brings a poor vile sinner
Into His "house of wine."
I stand upon His merit-
I know no other stand,
I'll have no Rock beside Him
In Immanuel's land.
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 giveth
But on His pierced hand;
The Lamb is all the glory
Of Immanuel's land.
Song History & Meaning
Composer / Hymnodist: Anne R. Cousin
Life’s earthly hours are fleeting, but our ultimate hope rests in the bright, eternal morning of Christ’s presence. Though we face seasons of darkness and incomplete satisfactions here below, Jesus is the inexhaustible fountain of living love who truly satisfies our souls. As time slips away, this hymn gently invites us to lift our eyes to Immanuel’s land, anchoring our heart’s deep longings in the Savior who makes all things new.
📖 Related Scripture Passages:
- Revelation 21:1-4: “I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.””
- 2 Peter 1:19: “We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:”
- John 4:14: “but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”