LEAD TO ME CALVARY

I have a particular fondness for this one but first the story:

Sacrificial service plants a garden in the heart. This labor of love flowers forth in endless beauty. "Lead Me to Calvary" is such a bloom. The care of an invalid sister nearly all her adult life was the uncomplaining task of Jennie Hussey. During this time-devouring and strength-testing task, she wrote many poems. They show keen understanding of the meaning of the Cross. She, too, carried a cross, so knew its joy and source of strength. In "Lead Me to Calvary" she bares her love and loyalty to Christ. Through Gethsemane she has come to the rich possession of obedience and surrender. This made her service a joy, and not a burden. What a wonderful testimony! What a wonderful reality! O Lord Jesus, lead me to Calvary, may I be willing, Lord to bear daily my cross for Thee!

 

LEAD ME TO CALVARY

Jennie Evelyn Hussey (1874-1958)
King of my life, I crown Thee now,
Thine shall the glory be;
Lest I forget Thy thorn-crowned brow,
Lead me to Calvary.

Refrain:
Lest I forget Gethsemane;
Lest I forget Thine agony;
Lest I forget Thy love for me, Lead me to Calvary.

Show me the tomb where Thou wast laid,
Tenderly mourned and wept;
Angels in robes of light arrayed
Guarded Thee while Thou slept.

Let me like Mary, through the gloom,
Come with a gift to Thee;
Show to me now the empty tomb,
Lead me to Calvary.

May I be willing, Lord, to bear
Daily my cross for Thee;
Even Thy cup of grief to share,
Thou hast borne all for me.

Fill me, O Lord, with Thy desire
For all that know not Thee;
Then touch my lips with holy fire,
To speak of Calvary.