January 7, 2019(Tuesday)
In 1952, I attended a Wednesday evening prayer service at the First Baptist Church of Oklahoma City. The pastor, Hershel Hobbs, famous Southern Baptist pastor and theologian, was leading the service. He introduced a hymn for us to sing, “O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee,” taking time to tell us how much the words meant to him; for him the words described the desire that all Christians should feel in their hearts to have a close relationship with the Lord.
O MASTER, LET ME WALK WITH THEE
Washington Gladden, 1879
H. Percy Smith, pub.1874
O Master, let me walk with Thee,
In lowly paths of service free;
Tell me Thy secret; help me bear
The strain of toil, the fret of care.
Help me the slow of heart to move
By some clear, winning word of love;
Teach me the wayward feet to stay,
And guide them in the homeward way.
Teach me Thy patience; still with Thee
In closer, dearer, company,
In work that keeps faith sweet and strong,
In trust that triumphs over wrong.
In hope that sends a shining ray
Far down the future’s broad’ning way,
In peace that only Thou canst give,
With Thee, O Master, let me live.
The Table Singers
O MASTER, LET ME WALK WITH THEE
Contemporary Arrangement for Amy Grant
Brown Bannister / John Hobbs / Vincent Grant Gill
O Master, let me walk with Thee
In lowly paths of service free
Tell me Thy secret, help me bear
The strain of toil, the fret of care
Teach me Thy patience, still with Thee
In closer, dearer company
In work that keeps faith sweet and strong
In truth that triumphs over wrong
O Master let me walk with Thee
In closer, dearer company
O Master let me walk with Thee
O let me walk with Thee
In hope that sends a shining ray
Far down the future’s broadening way
In peace that only Thou canst give
With Thee, O Master, let me live
O Master let me walk with Thee
O Master let me walk with Thee
At the close of each Tuesday blog I write about the presidents, in the order of their service.