Scripture Verse

If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. Mark 8:34

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in The Gos­pel Choir No. 2, ed­it­ed by Ira San­key, James Mc­Gra­na­han & George C. Steb­bins (New York: Big­low & Main, 1895), num­ber 85.

Music: Ira D. San­key (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Ira D. Sankey (1840–1908)

Lyrics

If in the val­ley where
The bright wa­ters flow,
Jesus, my Sav­ior leads me,
Gladly I’ll go;
If, by His hand di­rect­ed
O’er ocean’s wave,
Gladly I’ll bear His mes­sage,
Lost ones to save.

Refrain

Where the Sav­ior leads me,
I will glad­ly fol­low,
Where the lov­ing Sav­ior leads me,
I will glad­ly go.

Out on the bar­ren mount­ains,
Deary and cold,
Seeking the sheep that wander
Far from the fold;
Storm clouds may frown above me,
Fierce winds may blow,
Yet, if my Sav­ior leads me,
Onward I’ll go.

Refrain

Where’er the Sav­ior leads me,
I’ll fol­low still,
Patient in joy or sor­row,
Biding His will;
He knows the path of safe­ty,
He knows the way,
Home to the ma­ny man­sions,
Bright, bright as day.

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