101 THE LAND OF PROMISE
“All the Land which thou seest, to thee will I give it.”—Gen. xiii. 15.
102Gertrude of Hellfde, † 1330.
tr., Emma Frances Bevan, 1899
It was as if upon His breast He laid His piercèd hand, And said “To thee, beloved and blest, I give this goodly land.” | O Land of fountains and of deeps, Of God’s exhaustless store— O blessed Land, where he who reaps Shall never hunger more— | O summer Land, for ever fair With God’s unfading flowers; O Land, where spices fill the air, And songs the golden towers— | O Land of safety, Land of home, Of God my Father’s kiss, To Thee, O glorious Land, I come, My heritage of bliss. | Lord, not through works of righteousness, The works that I have done, But through the glory of Thy grace, The merit of Thy Son, | To me this goodly Land is given, The heart of Christ to me— My Home, my Blessedness, my Heaven; My God, I worship Thee. | |