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95. CHALLENGE TO THE NOMINAL CHRISTIAN

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​Author:  Unknown​
​Composer:  Christoph Anton, 1643 (1610-1658)​

​1. Follow me, the Saviour calleth;
    Come to me, I am the way!
    What is lacking I will give you;
    Trust in me and watch and pray!
    Follow me in true submission;
    I have borne all your transgression;
    Learn of me; both great and small,
    Meekly, humbly hear my call.
 
2. Through this life I’ve gone before you,
    Serving not earth’s vanity;
    So should all now choose my virtue
    And my true disciples be.
    Follow me with cheerful spirit
    That my kingdom ye inherit.
    Yea, forsake the highway broad;
    Follow me on heaven’s road.
 
3. Why is there this anxious striving
    For the treasures of this earth?
    By God’s word they all will perish,
    Honor, pleasure, wealth and mirth.
    And I, who have life eternal,
    Joy and blessedness supernal,
    Find so few who will obey
    On the straight and narrow way!
 
4. I call weeping: “Tribes and nations
    O, that all could understand
    And would come to seek salvation,
    Would obey my kind command!”
    For the day is drawing nearer
    When the disobeying hearers
    Who the truth have not believed,
    In false hope they were deceived.
 
5. When the words by prophets spoken,
    Their fulfillment then shall find:
     “Lo! Their vision I have broken
    And confused their heart and mind!”
    Woe to ev’ry willful being
    Who is constantly pursuing
    A perverse and sinful way,
    And in selfish pride does stay.
 
6. Therefore, all ye human beings,
    Hear today the Saviour’s word;
    He came for the poor lost sinner
    Who with joy His message heard.
    Come, believe! Be meek and lowly,
    For His Word is true and holy;
    Who believes Him is made free
    Here and in eternity.
 
7. Sing, all ye who are persuaded
    By the power of His call!
    O, be glad; for you are aided
    By His hand through dangers all.
    Not a sparrow ever falleth
    Lest it be that God alloweth;
    So rejoice exceedingly
    For His kingdom yours shall be.
 
8. Walk thus, cheering one another,
    Little flock, e’en to the end;
    If ye see a stumbling brother,
    Helpful word and hand extend;
    Filled with God’s own mighty fullness,
    Follow Christ in holy stillness,
    Sing to Him a “Gloria!”
    And rejoice, “Hallelujah!”

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Special thanks to the Apostolic Christians who diligently labored to keep their rich musical heritage alive when so many other denominations forsook it in the challenging battle of changing cultures.
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Thanks be to those souls who labored to write and compose this treasure of praise, many now only known to GOD!
Above all, thanks, praise, and glory be to GOD!
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  • Home
    • Stories of Faith >
      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • Гарфа Сіону - Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
    • Zion's Hymns
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Acknowledgements