Follow the Gleam

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To the knights in the days of old

Author: Helen Hill Miller (1920)
Tune: [To knights in the days of old]
Published in 63 hymnals

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1. To the knights in the days of old,
Keeping watch on the mountain height,
Came a vision of Holy Grail,
And a voice through the waiting night.

Refrain:
Saying, "follow, follow the gleam;"
Signal and sign, long will it shine,
If you follow, follow the gleam,
It will lead to the light divine.

2. All we who would serve the Christ,
Who loyally would obey,
In the consecrate silence know
That the challenge still holds today.

3. Like the knights of the Holy Grail,
We too have our lifelong quest.
By the grace that can never fail,
We'll remember the vision blest.

Source: Exalt His Name: a hymnal for the church school, young people's societies, and other departments of church work #37

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Author: Helen Hill Miller

Helen Hill Miller; b. July 7, 1899, Highland Park, Ill., d. Dec. 26, 1995; educator, journalist, editor, author LOC Name Authority file Go to person page >

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First Line:	To the knights in the days of old
Title:	Follow the Gleam
Author:	Helen Hill Miller (1920)
Language:	English
Publication Date:	1923
Notes:	This song won the 1920 Silver Bay Prize at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania.
Copyright:	Public Domain