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G.<p>Deut. viii.7-10<p><p>The land! the glory of all lands,<p>Beyond the Jordan's wave;<p>Beyond the weary desert sands -- <p>The land beyond the grave!<p>Now safe witin that glorious land,<p>We prove His faithful Word;<p>'Midst Canaan's golden fields we stand,<p>The ransomed of the Lord.<p><p>Amidst the burning desert drought<p>We learnt His watchful love;<p>Streams from the flinty rocks He brought,<p>Sent bread from Heaven above.<p>Our God in weariness and need,<p>His love was measured there<p>By hunger which His hand would feed,<p>Wants answered by His care.<p><p>Now know we in Emmanuel's land<p>Immeasurable grace;<p>No longer looking to His Hand,<p>But gazing on His Face.<p>Our need, ourselves, forgotten there,<p>Himself our hearts adore;<p>The fulness of His joy we share,<p>His pleasures evermore:<p><p>His joy fulfilled in us who tread<p>That land His love has given;<p>We followed where His footsteps led,<p>And found ourselves in Heaven.<p>No lower resting-place beseemed<p>The well-beloved Son,<p>And on our wondering eyes has beamed<p>The glory that He won.<p><p>No lower resting-place; and we -- <p>Are we content to stand<p>And look afar from Pisgah's heights<p>Upon that goodly land?<p>There, where the Shepherd goes before,<p>The sheep must follow on:<p>How green, how fresh the pastures fair<p>Where Christ the Lord is gone!<p><p>One spirit with our glorious Lord,<p>Our joy to Him is sweet,<p>As to His heart the love that poured<p>The ointment on His feet.<p>How dear to Him the fellowship<p>That owned Him in the tomb -- <p>How dear to Him the fellowship<p>That shares His blessed Home!<p><p>That shares in glory, far above<p>The waste so dark and dim,<p>The sweetness of the Father's love<p>In unison with Him.<p>In Him we tread those radiant heights,<p>His endless joy our own;<p>The full deep tide of God's delights<p>He would not drink alone.<br><div align="center"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/8-7.htm">Scripture Reference</a></b></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="beyond_the_brightness_of_the.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="beyond the brightness of the"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="beyond the brightness of the" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="the_bride.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="the bride"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="the bride" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="7081625135"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>