Consider Him

"Consider Him," let Christ thy pattern be

Author: Emily Crawford
Tune: [Consider Him, let Christ thy pattern be]
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1 “Consider Him,” let Christ thy pattern be,
And know that He hath apprehended thee
To share His very life, His pow’r Divine,
And in the likeness of thy Lord to shine.

2 “Consider Him”; so shalt thou, day by day,
Seek out the lowliest place, and therein stay,
Content to pass away, a thing of nought,
That glory to the Father’s name be brought.

3 Shrink not, O child of God, but fearless go
Down into death with Jesus; thou shalt know
“The power of an endless life” begin,
With “glorious liberty” from self and sin.

4 “Consider Him,” and thus thy life shall be
Filled with self-sacrifice and purity;
God will work out in thee the pattern true,
And Christ’s example ever keep in view.

5 “Consider Him,” Thy great High Priest above
Is interceding in untiring love,
And He would have thee thus “Within the Vail”
By Spirit-breathed petitions to prevail.

6 “Consider Him,” and as you run the race,
Keep ever upward looking in His face;
And thus transformed, illumined thou shalt be,
And Christ’s own image shall be seen in thee.


Source: Hymns of Consecration and Faith #317

Author: Emily Crawford

Emily May Grimes Crawford is described in the author index of the Book of Common Praise (Toronto, 1938) as a Canadian Anglican [as author of "The Master comes! He calls for thee], which she altogether was nor was not. The hymn was first published in London by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in 1890, before Emily May Grimes had ever left her native England. In 1893, she went to South Africa under CMS sponsorship to work among the Pondo tribe; then, in 1904, she married T.W.W. Crawford, M.D., and went to work with him among the Kikuyu of Kenya. Her career thus far is outlined in Julian (1907), p. 1712. The mission station at which the bride arrived had indeed been started by the CMS, but had been turned over to the newly-formed mission… Go to person page >

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First Line: "Consider Him," let Christ thy pattern be
Title: Consider Him
Author: Emily Crawford
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Language: English

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Hymns of Consecration and Faith #317

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