Text: | Where cross the crowded ways of life |
Author: | F. M. North |
Tune: | GARDINER |
1 Where cross the crowded ways of life,
Where sound the cries of race and clan,
Above the noise of selfish strife,
We hear Thy voice, O Son of man.
2 In haunts of wretchedness and need,
On shadowed thresholds dark with fears,
From paths where hide the lures of greed,
We catch the vision of Thy tears.
3 From tender childhood's helplessness,
From woman's grief, man's burdened toil,
From famished souls, from sorrow's stress,
Thy heart hath never known recoil.
4 The cup of water given for Thee
Still holds the freshness of Thy grace;
Yet long these multitudes to see
The sweet compassion of Thy face.
5 O Master, from the mountain side,
Make haste to heal these hearts of pain;
Among these restless throngs abide,
O tread the city's streets again;
6 Till sons of men shall learn Thy love,
And follow where Thy feet have trod;
Till glorious from Thy heaven above,
Shall come the City of our God.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Where cross the crowded ways of life |
Author: | F. M. North |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1920 |
Topic: | General: Brotherhood, Service, Guilds, Parochial Missions |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | GARDINER |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | Sacred Melodies, 1815 |