Jesus, in my walk and liv­ing,
Let me ev­er fol­low Thine;
Bearer of the cross, O teach me
Patiently to take up mine.
If by fel­low men des­pised,
Make me like to Thee, O Christ,
O’er their sins and er­rors griev­ing,
And all in­ju­ries for­giv­ing.

Let Thy pre­cepts be my guid­ance,
Shining on my gloo­my way;
Holding to Thy blest ex­am­ple,
Who can err or go as­tray?
Thou who ful­ly didst ful­fill
For our sake Thy Fa­ther’s will,
Help me so to live that ne­ver
Aught from Thee my soul shall se­ver.

In my joys and in my sor­rows,
Teach Thou me that per­fect faith
Which, in trust­ful pray­er per­sist­ent,
Wavers not in life or death.
My will un­to Thine I yield;
With Thy Word and Spir­it filled,
Let my life to Thee be giv­en:
Service here, and praise in Hea­ven.

For my task, O Lord, equip me
From Thy store of rich sup­ply,
That the world and all its ev­il
I may in Thy strength de­fy.
Willing, yet in bo­dy weak,
I Thy safe pro­tect­ion seek;
Perfect strength in weak­ness give me,
In Thy sav­ing arms re­ceive me.