The savior has come, and Christ calls us to follow
The track of the footprints he leaves on our way;
Far over the mountain and through the deep hollow,
The path leads us on to the mansions of day:
The savior has called us, the children who follow,
Who march ’neath Christ’s banner, his own little band;
We love him and seek him, we long to be near him,
And rest in the light of his beautiful land.
The savior has called us; the road may be dreary
And dangers and sorrows are strewn on the track;
But God’s Holy Spirit shall comfort the weary;
We follow the savior and cannot turn back;
The savior has called us, though doubt and temptation
May compass our journey, we cheerfully say:
“Press onward, look upward,” through much tribulation;
Disciples of Jesus must follow his way.
The savior has called us, in life’s early morning,
With spirits as fresh as the dew on the sod:
We turn from the world, with its smiles and its scorning,
To cast in our lot with the people of God:
The savior has called us, his sons and his daughters,
We pray for Christ’s blessing and trust in his love;
And through the green pastures, beside the still waters,
He’ll lead us at last to his kingdom above.
Adapted from The Master Hath Come by Sarah Doudney and sung to the Welsh tune Ash Grove. Sung in worship at Oakhurst Baptist Church, Decatur, Georgia on June 30, 2013.
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