Scripture Verse

Follow Me. John 21:19

Introduction

Words: Ida R. Fin­lay, in Gos­pel Hymns, ed­it­ed by James H. Brookes (St. Lou­is, Mis­sou­ri: Old School Pres­by­te­ri­an1871, ), alt.

Music: John H. Kurz­en­kna­be, Peerl­ess Praise (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1882), num­ber 52 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Fin­lay (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
John H. Kurzenknabe (1840–1927)

Lyrics

Have ye looked for the sheep in the de­sert,
For those who have lost their way?
Have ye been in the wild wast­ed plac­es,
Where the lost and the wan­der­ing stray?
Have ye trod­den the lone­ly high­way,
Or the foul and the dark­some street?
It may be that you’d see, in the gloam­ing,
The print of My wound­ed feet.

Have you fold­ed home to your bo­som
The trem­bling, ne­glect­ed lamb?
And taught the lit­tle loved one
The sound of the Shep­herd’s name?
Have ye searched for the poor and needy,
With no clo­thing, no home, no bread?
The Son of Man was among them,
He had no­where to lay His head.

Have ye car­ried the liv­ing wa­ters
To the parch­èd and thirs­ty soul?
Have ye said to the sick and the wound­ed,
Christ Je­sus makes thee whole?
Have ye told My faint­ing child­ren,
Of the strength of My Fa­ther’s hand?
Have ye guid­ed the tot­ter­ing foot­steps
To the shore of the gold­en land?

Have ye wept with the brok­en heart­ed
In their ag­ony of woe?
Ye might hear Me whis­per be­side you,
’Tis a path­way I oft­en go.
My dis­ci­ples, My breth­ren, My friends,
Can you dare to fol­low Me?
Then, wher­ev­er the Mas­ter dwell­eth,
There shall the ser­vant be.