If Duty Calls

If du­ty calls

and suf­fer­ing

too

My Lord! I’d fol­low Thee;

As Thou hast done

so would I do

As Thou art

would I be.

With zeal in­flamed

’twas Thy de­light

To do Thy Fa­ther’s will;

May the same zeal my soul ex­cite

Thy pre­cepts to ful­fill.

Meekness

hu­mil­ity

and love

Did through Thy con­duct shine;

O may my whole de­port­ment prove

A co­py

Lord! of Thine.

Depending on Thy sov­er­eign grace

I’ll tread the heav­en­ly road;

With will­ing mind Thy foot­steps trace

And climb to Thine abode.

O let me run the Christ­ian race

With di­li­gence and speed!

God’s word

His Spir­it

and His grace

Do all to du­ty lead.

Did Je­sus leave the realms of bliss

To save from sin and hell?

A love so won­der­ful as this

Calls for a glow­ing zeal.