35*. All the Path the Saints Are Treading

8,7.
by Mrs. J.A. Trench
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All the path the saints are treading,
 
Trodden by the Son of God;
 
All the sorrows they are feeling,
 
Felt by Him upon the road:
 
All the darkness and the sorrow
 
From around and from within,
 
All the joy and all the triumph,
 
He passed through apart from sin.
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Now come forth in resurrection,
 
Passing onward to the throne;
 
Having suffered all the judgment,
 
Borne the storm of wrath alone:
 
He is able thus to succor
 
Those who tread the desert sand,
 
Pressing on to resurrection,
 
Where He sits at God’s right hand.
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Now He praises in th’ assembly,
 
Now the sorrow all is passed;
 
His the earnest of our portion,
 
We must reach the goal at last.
 
Yes, He praises! grace recounting
 
All the path already trod — 
 
We associated with Him — 
 
God, our Father and our God.
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.” (John 16:20)
“Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.” (John 14:19)
“Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.” (John 20:17)
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Join the singing that He leadeth,
 
Loud to God our voices raise;
 
Every step that we have trodden
 
Is a triumph of His grace;
 
Whether joy, or whether trial,
 
All can only work for good,
 
For He healeth all — who loves us,
 
And hath bought us with His blood.
“Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.” (Hebrews 2:12)
“But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.” (1 Peter 5:10)
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28)
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” (1 Peter 2:24)
“Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.” (Acts 20:28)
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It is finished! It is finished!
 
Who can tell redemption’s worth?
 
He who knows it leads the singing — 
 
Full the joy, as fierce the wrath.
 
Taken up in resurrection,
 
Desert ways rehearsed above,
 
Tell the power of God’s salvation,
 
And His never-failing love.
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