Scripture Verse

This God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death. Psalm 48:14

Introduction

Words: Ru­by Glenn, in Tell­ing Je­sus (Hud­son, North Ca­ro­li­na: Teach­ers’ Mu­sic Pub­lish­ing, 1922), num­ber 16.

Music: He Lead­eth Me Will­iam B. Brad­bu­ry, The Gold­en Cen­ser (New York: 1864) (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Glenn (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
William Bradbury
(1816–1868)

Lyrics

We hom­age pay to Christ, our king
With grate­ful hearts our trib­ute bring;
He died up­on dark Cal­va­ry,
His blood has cleansed and made me free.

Refrain

We hom­age pay the Sav­ior true,
Who guides our feet along the way;
We hom­age pay be­cause ’tis due,
Our Lord and king, through eve­ry day.

We hom­age pay in deep­est love
The glo­ri­ous One who reigns above;
More per­fect­ly His won­drous fame
To all the world we will pro­claim.

Refrain

We hom­age pay be­fore Thy throne,
Rejoiced to be in truth Thine own;
E’en though Thy name we praise, adore,
Each day we long to love Thee more.

Refrain