Ivory Palaces (#112)

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.
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.
His garments, too, were in cassia dipped,
With healing in a touch;
Each time my feet in some sin had slipped,
He took me from its clutch.
In garments glorious He will come,
To open wide the door;
And I shall enter my heavenly home,
To dwell for evermore.