Follow the paths of Jesus

Follow the paths of Jesus. Christopher Rubey Blackall* (1830-1924). According to JJ, p. 144, this hymn was included in the Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship (Philadelphia, 1871). It was also found in the 1903 edition. It is one of the few hymns by Blackall not addressed explicitly to children or young people. Nevertheless, it is full of the kind of imperatives that might be expected of a Sunday-school superintendent: Follow the path of Jesus,   Walk where His footsteps lead, Keep in his beaming presence,   Every counsel heed; Watch while the hours are flying,   Ready some good to do; Quick, while his voice is calling,   Yield obedience true!   Cling to the hand of Jesus,  All...