67 PART III. FOLLOW CHRIST. "Jesus saith unto them, Follow me; and... THE sheep who know the shepherd's tone His guiding way becomes their own, So is it with regenerate souls, Whose love the law of grace controuls; Let but the Shepherd of the Spirit call,- So was it in the Church of old : As walking by the sea The Lord of Mercy did behold The twin elect of Galilee, : Two fishers there, who cast the net But when that "Follow me!" from Christ was heard, So is it now; if hearts be true Will never cause the heart to rue, How much for Him we dare to be!- On crowded mart, or in resounding street, Where all the mingled tides of sin and struggle meet. |