The Christian — Hymns for Social Worship

I will follow thee, my Saviour

No. 494
Metre 8s & 7s. P.
Tune I WILL FOLLOW THEE.
Words James L. Elginburg.
Music James L. Elginburg.
Key A-flat major
Singing key A♭ major
Time 3/4
5 stanzas

Words

I will follow thee, my Saviour,Wheresoe'er my lot may be.Where thou goest I will follow;Yes, my Lord, I'll follow thee.

Chorus.

I will follow thee, my Saviour,Thou didst shed thy blood for me;And though all men should forsake thee,By thy grace I'll follow thee.

Though the road be rough and thorny,Trackless as the foaming sea,Thou hast trod this way before me,And I'll gladly follow thee.

Though I meet with tribulations,Sorely tempted though I be;I remember thou wast tempted,And rejoice to follow thee.

Though thou lead'st me through affliction,Poor, forsaken, though I be;Thou wast destitute, afflicted,And I only follow thee.

Though to Jordan's rolling billows,Cold and deep, thou leadest me,Thou hast crossed the waves before me,And I still will follow thee.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—HYMNS FOR SOCIAL WORSHIP.»; hymn number «494» (large), tune name «I WILL FOLLOW THEE. 8s & 7s. P.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals, the «P.» smaller), «JAMES L. ELGINBURG.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, set as whole words (not syllabified), one line per system, «1.» before «I»: system 1 «I will follow thee, my Saviour, Wheresoe'er my lot may be. Where thou goest I will follow;», system 2 «Yes, my Lord, I'll follow thee.» (to «Fine.») and, under «Chorus.», «I will follow thee, my Saviour, Thou didst shed thy blood for me;» (to «D. S.»). In italics, as a second line, «D. S.—And though all men should forsake thee,» under the end of system 1 (from the segno) and «By thy grace I'll follow thee.» under the start of system 2: these are the words sung after the «D. S.», back at the segno, to «Fine.» — they are given below as lines 3–4 of the chorus, in the order sung. Stanzas 2–5 are printed as text below the music in two columns (2–3 left, 4–5 right), numbered «2»–«5» without periods (written «2.»–«5.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book), lines 2 and 4 indented, then «James L. Elginburg.» in bold italics; there is no reference line (the hymn has its own tune). The chorus is printed once and is sung after every stanza. The print sets a thin space before «;» («follow ;», «me ;», «be ;»); it is closed up here; apostrophes are written straight («Wheresoe'er», «I'll», «lead'st», «Jordan's»). Spelling («Saviour»), punctuation and capitals are the print's. Pencil marks of this exemplar (top-left corner, and «SH 208» in the margin beside stanza 3, over the «I» of «I remember») are not print.