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.
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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.
“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.
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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.
“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)
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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.
“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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