Ira F. Stanphill wrote some of the most beautiful Gospel songs like my brother’s favorite, I got a Mansion just over the Hilltop. I know Who Holds Tomorrow, Room at the Cross for you, and He Washed my Eyes with Tears and more. My new favorite is Follow Me.
Barbara Fairchild sings it so beautifully and quite moving. It made me think Rubak el Jesus ngkmal mle oberaod a kerus er kau eakdi mo lobes. Ma rsechem a rirebt ra uchei ra loleot a deeil ra Chimam ma chochim ra kerus. Ke kmal mesaul. Mousubes er ngak sel kubes.
Here’s the lyrics that says it well—
I traveled down a lonely road
and no one seemed to care,
The burden on my weary back
had bowed me to despair,
I oft complained to Jesus
how folks were treating me,
And then I heard Him say so tenderly:
FOLLOW ME
“My feet were also weary
upon the Calv’ry road;
The cross became so heavy,
I fell beneath the load.
Be faithful, weary pilgrim,
the morning I can see,
Just lift your cross and
follow Me.”
“I work so hard for Jesus,”
I often boast and say:
“I’ve sacrificed a lot of things
to walk the narrow way,
I gave up fame and fortune;
I’m worth a lot to Thee.”
And then I heard Him gently say to me:
Chorus
“I left the throne of glory
and counted it but loss,
My hands were nailed in anger
upon a cruel cross,
But now we’ll make the journey
with your hand safe in Mine,
so lift up your cross and
follow close to Me.”
O Jesus, if I die upon
a foreign field some day,
‘Twould be no more than love demands, no less could I repay:
“No greater love hath mortal man than for a friend to die.”
These are the words He gently spoke to me.
—
It was all for love ❤️