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How shall I follow Him I serve?
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| 1. | How shall I follow Him I serve? |
| | How shall I copy Him I love? |
| | Nor from those blessed footsteps swerve, |
| | Which lead me to His seat above? |
| 2. | Privations, sorrows, bitter scorn, |
| | The life of toil, the mean abode, |
| | The faithless kiss, the crown of thorn- |
| | Are these the consecrated road? |
| 3. | Lord, should my path through suff'ring lie, |
| | Forbid it I should e'er repine; |
| | Still let me turn to Calvary, |
| | Nor heed my griefs, rememb'ring Thine. |
| 4. | O let me think how Thou didst leave |
| | Untasted every pure delight, |
| | To fast, to faint, to watch, to grieve, |
| | The toilsome day, the homeless night: |
| 5. | To faint, to grieve, to die for me! |
| | Thou camest, not Thyself to please; |
| | And, dear as earthly comforts be, |
| | Shall I not love Thee more than these? |