Hymns, #462

Consecration - Following the Lord

Eng/Kor:462  Chin:345  Span:-  Rus:-  Tag:462  Fra:-  Por:-

Lyrics:Josiah Conder
Music:Ludwig van Beethoven
Meter:8.8.8.8.

Hymns using same tune:

#61, #100 (Tune 1), #102, #295, #1093, #1298

 
 1 

How shall I follow Him I serve?

How shall I copy Him I love?

Nor from those blessed footsteps swerve,

Which lead me to His seat above?

 
 2 

Privations, sorrows, bitter scorn,

The life of toil, the mean abode,

The faithless kiss, the crown of thorn —

Are these the consecrated road?

 
 3 

Lord, should my path through suff'ring lie,

Forbid it I should e'er repine;

Still let me turn to Calvary,

Nor heed my griefs, rememb'ring Thine.

 
 4 

O let me think how Thou didst leave

Untasted every pure delight,

To fast, to faint, to watch, to grieve,

The toilsome day, the homeless night:

 
 5 

To faint, to grieve, to die for me!

Thou camest, not Thyself to please;

And, dear as earthly comforts be,

Shall I not love Thee more than these?

 
Hymn #462