1 Who will come in faithful consecration,
Who will hearken to the Master’s call?
Who will offer love’s delightful service,
From the morning to the evenfall?
Refrain:
Who will gladly say,
Lord, here am I today?
Take me, blessed Lord, thy wondrous grace afford;
Lead me in thy way,
Who will gladly say,
Use me, O Lord, today?
Who will gladly say,
I’ll work for thee today?
Help me, Lord, I pray.
2 Room for all among his willing labr’ers,
Ev’ry gift for him may we employ;
Sowing, reaping, gathering the harvest,
They who weep shall come again with joy. [Refrain]
3 Hasten, then, to do the Master’s bidding,
Follow where his blessed footprints lead;
Lowly tasks shall glow with heav’nly beauty,
His rich grace supplying all our need. [Refrain]
4 Come, O come, in faithful consecration,
Yield yourself his holy will to do;
Starry crowns, unfading crowns of glory,
Wait on high his servants good and true. [Refrain]
Source: The Finest of the Wheat No. 3 #84
Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds.
Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church.
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