FOLLOW THOU ME | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Apr 22, 1880

FOLLOW THOU ME.

HAVE ye looked for my sheep in the desert, For those who have missed their way ? Have ye been in the wild waste places, Where the lost and the wandering stray ? Have ye trodden the lonely highway. The foul and darksome street ? It may be ye'd see in the gloaming The print of Christ's wounded feet.

Have ye folded close to your bosom The trembling, neglected lamb, And taught to the little lost one The sound of the shepherd's name ? Have ye searched for the poor and needy With no clothing, no home, no bread ? The Son of man was among them, He had nowhere to lay his head.

Have ye carried the living waters To the parched and thirsty soul ? Have ye said to the sick and the wounded, Christ Jesus makes thee whole ? Have ye told my fainting children Of the strength of the Father's hand ? Have ye guided the wandering footsteps To the shores of the "golden land?"

Have ye stood by the sad and weary, To smooth the pillow of death, To comfort the sorrow stricken, And strengthen the feeble faith ? And have ye felt, when the glory Has streamed through the open door, And flitted across the shadows, That I had been there before ?

Have ye wept with the broken hearted, In their agony of woe ? Ye might hear me whispering beside you, 'Tis a path I often go. My disciples, my friends, my brethren, Can ye dare to follow me ? Then wherever the Master dwelleth, There shall the servant be. —Sel.