Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#142

142. The Walk to Emmaus

1. When two friends on that glad day
To Emmaus bent their way,
On that Paschal eventide
Christ was walking at their side.
Then their hearts within them glowed
When himself to them he showed
In the Scriptures as a king
Glorified by suffering.

2. You are ever with us, Lord,
Walking in your holy Word;
And that voice, O Savior dear,
In that holy Word hear.
What the holy prophets meant
In the Ancient Testament,
You are op'ning to our view
In the brightness of the New.

3. And we, Lord, your presence feel
When we at your table kneel;
When we feed upon you there,
We too in Emmaus share;
Still we, Lord, behold Thy face
Ever in your means of grace:
There you walk still by our side,
There with us you still abide.

4. Be with us in weal and woe
As we on our journey go;
Be with us in every age
Of our earthly pilgrimage;
And on death’s dark eventide
May we see you at our side;
When we rise again, may we
Live with you eternally.

Text Information

• First Line: When two friends on that glad day
• Title: The Walk to Emmaus
• Author: Christopher Wordsworth (1862)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Luke 24:13-35
• Topic: Resurrection
• Notes: Text by Anglican poet-priest Christopher Wordsworth, from The Holy Year (1862), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: BLUMENTHAL
• Composer: Jacques Blumenthal (1849)
• Arranger: Frederic W. Root (1868)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7 D
• Incipit: 33335 43
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Tune BLUMENTHAL by composer Jacques Blumenthal, from “Les Deux Anges,” Opus 8 (1849), adapt. and arr. by Frederic W. Root for Chapel Gems for Sunday Schools, Enlarged Ed. (1868), alt.