Scripture Verse

What shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ? Matthew 27:22

Introduction

Words: Ophel­ia G. Bur­roughs, in Liv­ing Hymns, ed­it­ed by John N. Wa­na­mak­er & John R. Swe­ney (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1890), num­ber 106. Some hym­nals give the au­thor as F. G. Bur­roughs, one of her pseu­do­nyms.

Music: Ad­am Gei­bel (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

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Adam Geibel (1855–1933)

Lyrics

What will you do with the King called Je­sus?
Many are wait­ing to hear you say—
Some have des­pised Him, re­ject­ing His mer­cy;
What will you do with your king to­day?
What can you wit­ness con­cern­ing His good­ness,
Who died to save you from sin’s bit­ter thrall?
Who will de­clare Him the fair­est of thou­sands?
Who now will crown Him the Lord of all?

Refrain

What will you do with the King called Je­sus?
What, oh, what will you do with Je­sus?
He waits to bless all who hum­bly con­fess
Faith in His blood and right­eous­ness.

What will you do for the King called Je­sus,
He who for you left His throne ab­ove;
Here ’mid the lowly and sin­ful to la­bor,
Daily un­fold­ing His Fa­ther’s love.
Look on the fields white al­rea­dy to har­vest,
Who now is will­ing to toil with the few?
What will you do for the dear Sav­ior Je­sus?
Lo, He is wait­ing, He calls for you!

Refrain

What will you do with the King called Je­sus?
Who will sub­mit to His gen­tle sway?
Where are the hearts rea­dy now to en­throne Him?
Who will His kind com­mands ob­ey?
Come with your oint­ments most cost­ly and pre­cious,
Pour out your gifts at the dear Sav­ior’s feet;
Render to Him all your loy­al de­vo­tion;
Seek to ex­alt Him by prais­es meet.

Refrain