Scripture Verse

Come and follow Me. Matthew 19:21

Introduction

Words: Ed­win P. Hood (1820–1885).

Music: Via­tor, ano­ny­mous, in The Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist Hym­nal Sup­ple­ment with Tunes, ed­it­ed by George Booth (Lon­don: Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist Pub­lish­ing House, 1912), num­ber 107 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know when this hymn was writ­ten, the com­pos­er, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Edwin P. Hood (1820–1885)

Lyrics

Oh, walk with Je­sus, wouldst thou know
How deep, how wide His love can flow;
They on­ly fail His love to prove
Who in the ways of sin­ners rove.

Walk thou with Him, that way is light,
All other path­ways end in night.
Walk thou with Him, that way is rest,
All oth­er path­ways are un­blest.

Oh, walk with Je­sus, to thy view
He will make all things sweet and new,
Will bring new frag­rance from each flow­er,
And hal­low ev­ery pass­ing hour.

Jesus, a great de­sire have we
To walk life’s trou­bled path with Thee:
Come to us now, in con­verse stay:
And, Oh, walk with us day by day.