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You bring the Hymnal,  I'll bring the History
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One evening in 1915,  Dr. Wilbur Chapman preached from Psalm 45 which speaks
of Christ's relationship to his bride, the church.  Dr. Chapman spoke on the
symbolism of the perfumed garments of an oriental bridegroom.  The pianist
that evening was Henry Barraclough.  On his way to his hotel he thought
about the message and quickly the words to the refrain came to him and he
wrote them out on a visiting card, the only paper available.  Later that
evening he wrote out the first three stanzas of the hymn, "Ivory Palaces."
"All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory
palaces, whereby
they have made thee glad."

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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.

His life had also its sorrow 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 have 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 forevermore.

(refrain)
Out of the ivory palaces,
Into a world of woe,
Only His great, eternal love
Made my Savior go.
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