Text: | Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life |
Author: | Frank Mason North |
Tune: | GERMANY |
Composer (attributed to): | Ludwig van Beethoven |
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 sweet compassion in your face.
5 O Master, from the mountain side,
make haste to heal these hearts of pain;
among these restless throngs abide;
O 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 heav'n above
shall come the city of our God.
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First Line: | Where cross the crowded ways of life |
Title: | Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life |
Author: | Frank Mason North (1905, alt.) |
Meter: | L.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1995 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Christ's Example; Christ--Compassion of; Christ--Invitation of(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | GERMANY |
Composer (attributed to): | Ludwig van Beethoven |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | William Gardiner's Sacred Melodies (1815) |
Notes: | 22 R in 1891 Offices of Worship and Hymns |