Hymn of the Day: Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life

Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life

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

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 thy tears.

The cup of water given for thee
still holds the freshness of thy grace;
yet long these multitudes to see
the true compassion of thy face.

O Master, from the mountain side,
make haste to heal these hearts of pain;
among these restless throngs abide,
O tread the city’s streets again;

till all the world shall learn thy love,
and follow where thy feet have trod;
till glorious from thy heaven above,
shall come the city of our God.
– Frank Mason North, 1903
GERMANY from Gardiner’s Sacred Melodies, 1815

Photo: Adoration of the Magi by Claude Vignon, c. 1619, creative commons 2.0