1. When Abr'am's servant to procure
A wife for Isaac went,
He met Rebekah, told his wish;
Her parents gave consent.
Yet for ten days they urged the man
His journey to delay;
"Hinder me not," the man replied,
"Since God has sped my way."
2. So cries my soul, who lovely Christ
Unto himself did wed,
"Hinder me not, nor friends, nor foes,
Since God my way has sped."
Stay, says the world, a little while,
And taste my pleasures sweet.
"Hinder me not," my soul replies,
"Because the way is great."
3. In all my Lord's appointed ways
My journey I'll pursue;
Hinder me not, my brethren dear,
For I must go with you.
Through floods or flames if Jesus leads,
I'll go wheree'er he goes.
"Hinder me not," shall be my cry,
Tho' Earth and Hell oppose.
4. Through duty and through trials all,
I'll go at his command.
Hinder me not, for I am bound
To my Immanuel's land.
When Christ's own servant calls me home,
Still this my cry breaks through:
"Hinder me not; come, welcome death,
I'll gladly go with you."
Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #222
Ryland, John, D.D., son of Rev. John Collett Ryland, was born at Warwick, Jan. 29, 1753. At that time his father was Baptist minister at Warwick, but in 1759 removed to Northampton. "J. Ryland, junior," as for many years he was accustomed to subscribe himself, was in 1781 ordained co-pastor with his father at Northampton. In 1794 he accepted the presidency of the Baptist College and the pastorate of the church in Broadmead, Bristol, and these offices he retained until his death on June 25, 1825. Dr. Ryland was a man of considerable literary culture, and received the degree of D.D. from Brown University, Rhode Island. He was one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society, and for the three years following the death of Rev. A. Fuller,… Go to person page >
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