Text: | Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life |
Author: | Frank M. North, 1850-1935 |
Tune: | WALTON |
1 Where cross the crowded ways of life,
Where sound the cries of race and clan,
Above the noise of selfish strife,
We hear your voice, O Son of Man.
2 In haunts of wretchedness and need,
On shadowed thresholds dark with fears,
From paths where hide the lures of greed,
We catch the vision of your tears.
3 From tender childhood's helplessness,
From human grief and burdened toil,
From famished souls, from sorrow's stress,
Your heart has never known recoil.
4 The cup of water giv'n for you
Still holds the freshness of your grace;
Yet long these multitudes to view
The strong compassion in your face.
5 O Master, from the mountainside
Make haste to heal these hearts of pain;
Among these restless throngs abide;
Oh, tread the city's streets again;
6 Till all the world shall learn your love,
And follow where your feet have trod;
Till glorious from your heaven above,
Shall come the city of our God.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Where cross the crowded ways of life |
Title: | Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life |
Author: | Frank M. North, 1850-1935 (alt.) |
Meter: | L M |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1978 |
Topic: | Society; City; Love |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WALTON |
Meter: | L M |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | W. Gardiner, Sacred Melodies, 1815 |