Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in His steps.
1 Peter 2:21
Words: Amanda R. Meusch, in Triumphant Songs No. 5, edited by Edwin O. Excell (Chicago, Illinois: E. O. Excell, 1896), number 7.
Music: Fife Edwin Moore, 1896 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Alternate Tune:
If you know where to get a good photo of Meusch or Moore (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
In the pathway of my journey
I see steps that lead to God;
They’re the footsteps of my Savior,
Showing me the path He trod.
Refrain
Lead me, Savior, lead me ever,
Lead me, Jesus, all the way;
Keep me ever in Thy footsteps
Lest I from Thy pathway stray;
Keep me ever in Thy footsteps,
Lest I from Thy pathway stray.
Thou hast borne my every burden,
Borne death’s anguish on the tree;
All this hast Thou meekly suffered
E’en for my iniquity.
Refrain
Thou hast lived on earth for others,
Spent Thy life for us in love;
Thus would I my life be spending
Till I meet Thee, Lord, above.
Refrain