Ivory Palaces

Words:
Henry Barraclough
Music:
Henry Barraclough

Sheet music

  1. 1My Lord has garments so wondrous fine,And myrrh their texture fills;Its fragrance reached to this heart of mineWith joy my being thrills.Out of the ivory palaces,Into a world of woe,Only His great eternal loveMade my Savior go.
  2. 2His life had also its sorrows sore,For aloes had a part;And when I think of the cross He bore,My eyes with teardrops start.Out of the ivory palaces,Into a world of woe,Only His great eternal loveMade my Savior go.
  3. 3His garments too were in cassia dipped,With healing in a touch;Each time my feet in some sin have slip’dHe took me from its clutch.Out of the ivory palaces,Into a world of woe,Only His great eternal loveMade my Savior go.
  4. 4In garments glorious He will come,To open wide the door;And I shall enter my heav’nly homeTo dwell forevermore.Out of the ivory palaces,Into a world of woe,Only His great eternal loveMade my Savior go.

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1915, the words are in 128 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

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