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[Tis better far to follow Jesus]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: May Agnew Stephens Incipit: 53211 71266 76546 Used With Text: ‘Tis Better Far to Follow Jesus
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‘Tis Better Far to Follow Jesus

Author: M. A. S. Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Tis better far to follow Jesus Lyrics: 1 ‘Tis better far to follow Jesus No matter where His hand may lead; Than with the world’s vain fleeting pleasures Our souls’ immortal longing feed; For He has made us for His glory And His are joys that never die; ‘Tis sweeter far to follow Jesus, For He alone can satisfy. 2 What matter if the way be thorny, Or if dark waves of sorrow roll? Beside me walks my loving Saviour And I shall safely reach the goal; For me He bore the throne and scoffing, It was for me He bled and died; ‘Tis sweet that I may share His sorrow And walk forever at His side. 3 What matter while I walk with Jesus If to Gethsemane I go, and in the darkness of its shadows The fulest cup of anguish know? For me shall be the after sweetness Of angels’ ministry and strength, And tho’ the waters may be bitter In heaven’s peace I’ll rest at length. 4 What matter if I stand at Calv’ry And lay my life down for the lost? ‘Twas only what He did before me, I’ll follow Him at any cost; Then from the pain, and shame, and dying, In glorious pow’r I’ll rise again To share the glory of His kingdom And evermore with Jesus reign. Topics: Consecration Used With Tune: [Tis better far to follow Jesus]
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Author: M. A. S. Hymnal: Hymns of the Christian Life #405 (1936) First Line: Tis better far to follow Jesus Lyrics: 1 ‘Tis better far to follow Jesus No matter where His hand may lead; Than with the world’s vain fleeting pleasures Our souls’ immortal longing feed; For He has made us for His glory And His are joys that never die; ‘Tis sweeter far to follow Jesus, For He alone can satisfy. 2 What matter if the way be thorny, Or if dark waves of sorrow roll? Beside me walks my loving Saviour And I shall safely reach the goal; For me He bore the throne and scoffing, It was for me He bled and died; ‘Tis sweet that I may share His sorrow And walk forever at His side. 3 What matter while I walk with Jesus If to Gethsemane I go, and in the darkness of its shadows The fulest cup of anguish know? For me shall be the after sweetness Of angels’ ministry and strength, And tho’ the waters may be bitter In heaven’s peace I’ll rest at length. 4 What matter if I stand at Calv’ry And lay my life down for the lost? ‘Twas only what He did before me, I’ll follow Him at any cost; Then from the pain, and shame, and dying, In glorious pow’r I’ll rise again To share the glory of His kingdom And evermore with Jesus reign. Topics: Consecration Languages: English Tune Title: [Tis better far to follow Jesus]
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'Tis Better Far to Follow Jesus

Author: May Agnew Stephens Hymnal: Hymns of the Christian Life. No. 3 #39 (1904) Languages: English Tune Title: ['Tis better far to follow Jesus]
'Tis Better Far to Follow Jesus

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May Agnew Stephens

1865 - 1935 Person Name: M. A. S. Author of "‘Tis Better Far to Follow Jesus" in Hymns of the Christian Life Born: 1865, Kings­ton, On­tar­io, Ca­na­da. Died: March 19, 1935, Ny­ack, New York. Stephens joined the Sal­va­tion Ar­my in New York’s 3 Corps in 1890. She helped ed­it The War Cry, and worked on the train­ing home staff and in the Can­di­dates De­part­ment. Around 1897, she be­gan serv­ing as song lead­er and pi­an­ist at the Gos­pel Ta­ber­na­cle with Al­bert Simp­son. Two years lat­er, she helped found the Eighth Av­e­nue Mis­sion, and in 1902 mar­ried Har­old Ste­phens (lat­er pas­tor of the Park­dale Al­li­ance Ta­ber­na­cle in To­ro­nto, Ca­na­da). For the next two and half de­cades she and her hus­band were tra­vel­ing evan­gel­ists in Amer­i­ca, Ca­na­da and Bri­tain. Her works in­clude: Missionary Mess­ag­es in Song, cir­ca 1910 www.hymntime.com/tch
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