FOOTPRINTS OF JESUS
"Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow
in His steps." 1 Peter 2:21
Words: Mary Bridges Canedy Slade, in The Amaranth, by Atticus G.
Haygood and Rigdon McIntosh (Nashville, Tennessee: 1871).
Music: Asa Brooks Everett.
Sweetly, Lord, have we heard Thee calling,
Come, follow Me!
And we see where Thy footprints falling
Lead us to Thee.
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Footprints of Jesus,
That make the pathway glow;
We will follow the steps of Jesus
Where'er they go.
Though they lead o'er the cold, dark mountains,
Seeking His sheep;
Or along by Siloam's fountains,
Helping the weak.
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If they lead through the temple holy,
Preaching the Word;
Or in homes of the poor and lowly,
Serving the Lord.
Refrain Though, dear Lord, in Thy pathway keeping,
We follow Thee;
Through the gloom of that place of weeping,
Gethsemane!
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If Thy way and its sorrows bearing,
We go again,
Up the slope of the hillside, bearing
Our cross of pain.
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By and by, through the shining portals,
Turning our feet,
We shall walk, with the glad immortals,
Heav'ns golden street.
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