The Sands Of Time
- Words:
- Anne R. Cousin
- Music:
- D'Urhan-Rimbault
Sheet music
- 1The 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.
- 2O 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 fullnessHis mercy doth expand,And glory, glory dwelleth in Immanuel’s land.
- 3With mercy and with judgmentMy web of time He wove,And aye the dews of sorrowWere brighten by His love;I’ll bless the hand that guided,I’ll bless the heart that planned,When throned where glory dwelleth in Immanuel’s land.
- 4The King there in His beautyWithout a veil is seen;It were a well spent journey,Tho’ sev’n deaths lay between;The Lamb with His fair armyDoth on Mount Zion stand,And glory, glory dwelleth in Immanuel’s land.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1857, the words are in 346 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.