Scripture Verse

If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. Matthew 16:24

Introduction

Words: Will­iam J. Ste­ven­son, in Good as Gold (New York & Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1880), num­ber 8.

Music: Cott­man Ar­thur Cott­man (1842–1879) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Ste­ven­son or Cott­man (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Follow Me, the Mas­ter said;
We will fol­low Je­sus:
By His Word and Spi­rit led,
We will fol­low Je­sus.
Still for us He lives to plead,
At the throne doth in­ter­cede,
Offers help in time of need:
We will fol­low Je­sus.

Should the world and sin op­pose,
We will fol­low Je­sus:
He is great­er than our foes,
We will fol­low Je­sus.
On His pro­mise we de­pend;
He will suc­cor and de­fend,
Help and keep us to the end:
We will fol­low Je­sus.

Tho’ the way may dark ap­pear,
We will fol­low Je­sus:
He will make our path­way clear,
We will fol­low Je­sus.
In our dai­ly round of care,
As we plead with God in pray­er,
With the cross which we must bear,
We will fol­low Je­sus.

Ever keep the end in view;
We will fol­low Je­sus:
All His pro­mis­es are true:
We will fol­low Je­sus.
When this earth­ly course is run,
And the Mas­ter says, Well done!
Life eter­nal we’ll have won!
We will fol­low Je­sus.