Scripture Verse

If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. Luke 9:23

Introduction

Words: Fred­er­ick A. Jack­son (1867–1942).

Music: Ste­pha­nos Hen­ry W. Bak­er, 1868 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know when this hymn was writ­ten, or where to get a good pho­to of Jack­son (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Henry W. Baker (1821–1877)

Lyrics

Master, we Thy foot­steps fol­low,
We Thy Word ob­ey,
Hear us, Thy dear name con­fess­ing,
While we pray.

Now into Thy death bap­tiz­èd,
We our­selves would be
Dead to all the sin that made
Thy Cal­va­ry.

Rising with Thee, make us like Thee,
In Thy love and care,
In Thy zeal, and in Thy la­bor,
And Thy pray­er.

Let the love that knows no fail­ing
Cast out all our fears,
Let Thy pure and faith­ful Spir­it
Fill our years.

Till we hear the trum­pets sound­ing
On the oth­er side,
And for­ev­er, in Thy Hea­ven
We abide.