Leaving All to Follow Jesus

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Leaving all to follow Jesus

Author: Ida M. Budd
Tune: [Leaving all to follow Jesus]
Published in 42 hymnals

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1. Leaving all to follow Jesus,
Turning from the world away,
Stepping out upon his promise,
All I have is his today.

Chorus:
Leaving all to follow Jesus,
Turning from the world away,
Stepping out upon his promise,
All I have is his today.

2. Naught reserving, on the altar
All I lay, and wait the hour
When the fire from heav'n descending
Shall attest his glorious pow'r. [Chorus]

3. Taking up the cross for Jesus,
Glad for him to suffer shame,
All my gain I count but losses
For the glory of his name. [Chorus]

4. Praise his precious name forever
That his blood hath made me free;
Now my soul shall joy to tell it
Thro' the long eternity. [Chorus]

Source: Carols of Hope: a compilation of select sacred songs for use in Sunday schools, praise and young people's services #4

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Author: Ida M. Budd

Ida M. Budd was born in 1859 in a log cabin in Saginaw County, Michigan. When she was three years old her parents moved to Milford, Michigan. She loved nature and books. She decided to be a school teacher, receiving her teaching certificate when she was fifteen. Her first poem was published in 1881. She is known for her poems for children. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Leaving all to follow Jesus
Title:	Leaving All to Follow Jesus
Author:	Ida M. Budd
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Leaving all to follow Jesus
Publication Date:	1898
Copyright:	Public Domain