278. Savior, We Long to Follow Thee

C.M.
by J.G. Deck
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Savior, we long to follow Thee,
 
Daily Thy cross to bear,
 
And count all else, whate’er it be,
 
Unworthy of our care.
“For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps.” (1 Peter 2:21)
“And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” (Luke 9:23)
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” (Philippians 4:6)
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We are not now our own, but Thine,
 
The purchase of Thy blood,
 
And made, by grace and love divine,
 
The sons and heirs of God.
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.” (Romans 8:17)
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Thy Spirit, too, the present seal
 
Of all the Father’s love,
 
Dwells in our souls and does reveal
 
The glorious rest above.
“And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.” (Ephesians 4:30)
“Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.” (John 14:17)
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Thy life is now beyond the grave;
 
Our souls Thou hast set free;
 
Life, strength and grace in Thee we have,
 
For we are one with Thee.
“Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” (Romans 6:4)
“Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.” (Romans 6:9)
“When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.” (Colossians 3:4)
“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” (Philippians 4:13)
“For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” (John 1:17)
“For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.” (1 Corinthians 12:12)
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Oh teach us so the power to know
 
Of risen life with Thee;
 
Not we may live while here below,
 
But Christ our life may be.
“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.” (Philippians 3:10)
“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:21)
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20)
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