Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Lord what a wretched land is this
Topic: Afflictions
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Song 60
Page Number: 175, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLORD, what a wretched land is this
That yields us no supply--
No cheering fruits, no wholesome trees,
No streams of living joy!
Our journey is a thorny maze;
But we march upward still,
Forget these troubles of the ways,
And press to Zion's hill.
There, on a green and flow'ry mount,
Our weary souls shall sit,
And with transporting joy recount
The labors of our feet.
Eternal glory to the King
Whose hand conducts us through;
Our tongues shall never cease to sing,
And endless praise renew.