The world looks very beau­ti­ful
And full of joy to me;
The sun shines out in glo­ry bright,
On ev­ery thing I see.
I know I shall be hap­py,
While in the world I stay,
For I will fol­low Je­sus,
For I will fol­low Je­sus,
Yes, I will fol­low Je­sus,
Follow Je­sus all the way.

I’m but a lit­tle pil­grim here,
My jour­ney’s just be­gun;
They tell me I shall sor­row meet
Before my jour­ney’s done.
The world is full of sor­row
And suf­fer­ing, they say—
But I will fol­low Je­sus,
But I will fol­low Je­sus,
Yes, I will fol­low Je­sus,
Follow Je­sus all the way.

Then on my lit­tle pil­grim­age
Whatever I may meet,
I’ll take it—joy and sor­row all
And lay at Je­sus’ feet.
He’ll com­fort me in trou­ble,
He’ll wipe my tears away;
With joy I’ll fol­low Je­sus,
With joy I’ll fol­low Je­sus,
With joy I’ll fol­low Je­sus,
Follow Je­sus all the way.

Then tri­als can­not weigh me down,
And pain I need not fear;
For when I’m close by Je­sus’ side,
Grief can­not come too near.
Not ev­en death can harm me,
When death I meet one day,
To Heav’n I’ll fol­low Je­sus,
To Heav’n I’ll fol­low Je­sus,
To Heav’n I’ll fol­low Je­sus,
Follow Je­sus all the way.