Choose you this day whom ye will serve…as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Joshua 24:15
Words: Charles M. Robinson, in Soul Winning Songs (Chicago, Illinois: Bilhorn Brothers, 1898), number 224.
Music: Davos Peter P. Bilhorn, 1898 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Robinson (head-and-shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
We are bound for Canaan land,
Tenting by the way;
Who shall lead us on the road?
Choose your king today.
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Dare to stand like Joshua,
Dare to say the word;
As for me and for my house,
We will serve the Lord.
Many trials we have seen,
Thus far on our way;
He hath led us safely thro’;
Shall He lead today?
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When the dark Red Sea of doubt
Billowed in our way;
Then He parted every wave—
So He will today.
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Can we safely trust a guide
Who knows not the way?
God hath traveled every foot—
Shall He lead today?
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Just before us Jordan rolls,
Right across the way;
We can safely trust the Lord,
He shall lead today.
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