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GLADLY WE WILL GO

Scripture Verse

If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. Matthew 16:24

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Songs of Love and Praise No. 3, by John R. Swe­ney, Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick, & Henry L. Gil­mour (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1896).

Music: Cla­ris­sa H. Spen­cer (🔊 ).

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Clarissa H. Spencer
(1870–1927)

Lyrics

The Lord is our shep­herd,
Precious friend and guide,
We’ll trust Him ev­er, trust Him ev­er,
Walking by His side;
Be this our en­dea­vor faith­ful­ly to show,
Where Je­sus leads our will­ing feet
Beside Him still shall go.

Refrain

We’ll go, we’ll go, we’ll glad­ly, glad­ly go,
Though skies are dark and chil­ly winds may blow,
The lost to find, or brave­ly meet the foe,
Wherever Je­sus calls us we’ll glad­ly, glad­ly go.

Through sun­shine or tem­pest,
Over land or sea,
Whate’er be­falls us, where He calls us,
Quickly we would be;
The toils that await us though we can­not know,
At His com­mand with heart and hand
Beside Him we will go.

Refrain

The Lord is our keep­er,
Watching ev­er near,
In Him con­fid­ing, firm ab­id­ing,
Wherefore should we fear?
We’ll cling to the pro­mise left us here be­low,
And where­so­e’er He lead­eth us
Beside Him we will go.

Refrain