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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Great God the foll'wer of Thy Son (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised

Date: 1882

Compiler: A I Hobbs et al

Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co

First Line: Great God the foll'wer of Thy Son

Topic: Mercy-seat

Writer: H Ware

Composer: Lowell Mason

Meter: LM

Tune: Ward

Hymn Number: 610

Page Number: 224, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

GREAT God! the foll'wer of Thy Son,

We bow before Thy mercy-seat

To worship Thee, the holy One,

And pour our wishes at Thy feet.



O grant Thy blessing here to-day!

O give Thy people joy and peace!

The tokens of Thy love display,

And favors that shall never cease.



We seek the truth which Jesus brought;

His path of light we long to tread;

Here be His holy doctrine taught,

And here its purest influence shed.



May faith, and hope, and love abound,

Our sins and errors be forgiv'n;

And we, from day to day, be found

The sons of God and heirs of heav'n.