Scripture Verse

Who is he who will devote himself to be close to Me? Jeremiah 30:21

Introduction

Words: Charles Roads, in Songs of Joy and Glad­ness No. 2, ed­it­ed by Will­iam Mc­Don­ald, Jo­shua Gill, John R. Swe­ney & Will­iam Kirk­pat­rick (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Mc­Don­ald & Gill, 1891), num­ber 90.

Music: Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Roads (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
William J. Kirkpatrick
(1838–1921)

Lyrics

Oh, walk­ing with Je­sus
In En­och’s old way,
What fel­low­ship bless­èd and sweet!
To feel His rapt pre­sence
Each mo­ment by day,
Each night at a Beth­el to meet!

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O glo­ri­ous way, O pu­ri­fied band,
Enjoying this walk with my Lord!
O heart-thrill­ing bliss
Of the touch of His hand
Forever be Je­sus adored.

Oh, walk­ing with Je­sus
In per­fect release
From sin and its curse and its stain!
Redeemed by the Lamb!
His un­speak­able peace
Doth fill me again and again!

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Oh! walk­ing with Je­sus
By wa­ters of rest,
Partaking of an­gels’ re­past!
In bliss­ful com­mun­ion,
The Mas­ter’s own guest,
Where joy and re­fresh­ing shall last!

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Blest walk­ing with Je­sus!
Oh, come, come to­night,
And gaze on my vi­sions of love!
There’s Beth­le­hem’s man­ger,
And Cal­va­ry’s height,
And glo­ry on glo­ry above!

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