Responsive Readings from the Psalms and Other Scriptures, in the Revised Version

87 STAINCLIFFE L. M.

Robert W Dixon, 1875

I How shall I follow Him I serve? How shall I copy Him I love?

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Nor from those bless-ed foot-steps swerve, Which lead me to His seat a-bove? A-MEN.

Hast thou no thought for heaven to spare?.
From earthly toils lift up thine eye;
Behold, the Master passeth by !

Until the perfect work was done,
And drunk the bitter cup of gall.

4 Lord, should my path through suffering lie,

Forbid it I should e'er repine;
Still let me turn to Calvary,
Nor heed my griefs, remembering Thine.

Josiah Conder, 1824, 1836

Counting his earthly gain as loss
For Jesus and His blessèd cross.

4 That "Follow Me" his faithful ear
Seemed every day afresh to hear :
Its echoes stirred his spirit still,
And fired his hope, and nerved his will.

5 God gently calls us every day:
Why should we then our bliss delay ?
Thou, Lord, e'en now art calling me;
I will leave all, and follow Thee.
Bishop William W. How (verses 4, 5, alt. from Bishop Ken, publ. 1721) 1871

3 One heard Him calling long ago, And straightway left all things below,

89 GERHARDT 7.6.7. 6. D.

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Joseph P. Holbrook, 1862

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My rich-est gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. A-MEN.

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I 'Tis midnight; and on Olive's brow The star is dimmed that lately shone:

'Tis midnight; in the gar-den, now, The suffering Saviour prays a lone.

A - MEN.

91 AJALON 7.7.7.7.7.7.

Richard Redhead, 1853

I Go to dark Geth-sem-a- ne, Ye that feel the tempter's power;

Your Redeemer's

con-flict see; Watch with Him one bit ter hour: Turn not from His griefs away;

Learn of Jesus Christ to pray. A-MEN.

2 Follow to the judgment-hall ;
View the Lord of life arraigned.
O the wormwood and the gall!
O the pangs His soul sustained!
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss;
Learn of Him to bear the cross.

92 (ZEPHYR) L. M.

3 Calvary's mournful mountain climb; There, adoring at His feet, Mark that miracle of time, God's own sacrifice complete: "It is finished!"-hear the cry; Learn of Jesus Christ to die.

4 Early hasten to the tomb

Where they laid His breathless clay:
All is solitude and gloom;
Who hath taken Him away?
Christ is risen! He meets our eyes.
Saviour, teach us so to rise.

James Montgomery, 1820 (text of 1853)

1 'TIS midnight; and on Olive's brow 3 'Tis midnight; and, for others' guilt, The star is dimmed that lately shone :

'Tis midnight; in the garden, now, The suffering Saviour prays alone.

The Man of Sorrows weeps in blood: Yet He that hath in anguish knelt Is not forsaken by His God.

2 'Tis midnight; and, from all removed, 4 'Tis midnight; from the heavenly plains Emmanuel wrestles lone with fears:

E'en the disciple that He loved

Heeds not his Master's grief and tears.

Is borne the song that angels know: Unheard by mortals are the strains That sweetly soothe the Saviour's woe.

William B. Tappan, 1822

I In the cross of Christ I glory, Tower - ing o'er the wrecks of time;

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I Sweet the mo-ments, rich in bless-ing, Which before the cross I spend;

Life and health and peace pos-sessing From the sin-ner's dy-ing Friend. A-MEN.

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