Scripture Verse

He will be our guide even to the end. Psalm 48:14

Introduction

Words: L. A. Clough, in Hymns of Chris­tian En­dea­vor, ed­it­ed by Sam­uel W. Ad­ri­ance (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Unit­ed So­ci­ety of Chris­tian En­dea­vor, 1888), num­ber 85.

Music: Messe F. W. Messe (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lyrics

O walk in the foot­steps of Je­sus,
Child of His won­der­ful love;
O fol­low, for soon they will guide thee
Up to those man­sions above.

Refrain

Yes, walk in the foot­steps of Je­sus,
Keeping fast hold of His hand,
For thus will He guide thee and lead thee
On to the hea­ven­ly land.

O walk in the foot­steps of Je­sus,
Weary one, bur­dened with care,
Now lift up thine eyes un­to Hea­ven,
Lift up thy spir­it in pray­er.

Refrain

O walk in the foot­steps of Je­sus,
Mourning one, ov­er the dead,
For gent­ly His arms will en­fold thee,
Tenderly pil­low thy head.

Refrain