Celebrating Grace Hymnal ‎#657

657. Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life

1 Where cross the crowded ways of life,
where sound the cries of race and clan,
above the noise of selfish strife,
we hear Your voice, O Son of Man!

2 In haunts of wretchedness and need,
on shadowed thresholds dark with fears,
from paths where hide the lures of greed,
we catch the vision of Your tears.

3 From tender childhood's helplessness,
from woman's grief, man's burdened toil,
from famished souls, from sorrow's stress,
Your heart has never known recoil.

4 O Master, from the mountainside
make haste to heal the hearts of pain;
among these restless throngs abide;
O tread the city's streets again:

5 Till all the earth shall learn Your love
and follow where Your feet have trod;
till glorious from Your heaven above
shall come the city of our God.

Text Information

• First Line: Where cross the crowded ways of life
• Title: Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
• Author: Frank Mason North (1903)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Scripture:
  Matthew 10:42
  ;
  Mark 9:41
• Topic: The Church on Mission: Service; Ministry; Service; Social Concerns

Tune Information

• Name: GERMANY
• Meter: LM
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Higher key, No. 672