The Hymnal ‎#172

172. By roads that wound uphill and down

1 By roads that wound uphill and down,
Beside the lake in Galilee,
From house to house, from town to town,
Our Lord fulfilled his ministry.

2 He healed the sick; he cured the blind;
He sought for those who went astray;
He told the lost that God is kind
And set them on the homeward way.

3 How blest the homes that knew him then;
And holy yet the paths he trod!
O gracious heart that loved allmen1
O patient feet that walked with God!

4 Lord Christ, forevermore, the same
In heaven as in Galilee,
Embolden us to name thy name,
To make our lives a ministry.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: By roads that wound uphill and down
• Author: Louis F. Benson, 1855-1930
• Meter: L.M.
• Publication Date: 1956
• Scripture:
  Psalm 84:4-5
• Topic: Christ: Love of; Healing; Home; Christ the Son: Life and Ministry
• Copyright: © 1928, by The Rev. Louis F. Benson. Used by permission of Barbara Benson Jeffreys.
• Notes: Now Public Domain; Mosiah 1:97-99, 103; D. and C. 16:4e-g

Tune Information

• Name: HESPERUS
• Composer: Henry Baker, 1835-1910
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Music used by permission of M. Morley Horder.