Ivory Palaces
Henry Barraclough (1915) • English
Primary Scripture: Psalm 45:8
Verse 1
My Lord has garments so wondrous fine, and myrrh their texture fills; its fragrance reached to this heart of mine, with joy my being thrills.
Chorus
Out of the ivory palaces into a world of woe, only his great eternal love made my Savior go.
Verse 2
His 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.
Chorus
Out of the ivory palaces into a world of woe, only his great eternal love made my Savior go.
Verse 3
His garments, too, were in cassia dipped, with healing in a touch; each time my feet in some sin have slipped, he took me from its clutch.
Chorus
Out of the ivory palaces into a world of woe, only his great eternal love made my Savior go.
Verse 4
In garments glorious he will come, to open wide the door; and I shall enter my heavenly home, to dwell forevermore.
Chorus
Out of the ivory palaces into a world of woe, only his great eternal love made my Savior go.