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Believers Hymn Book · No. 429 · Words: Sarah Geraldina Stock · Tune: Lancashire
O Master! when Thou callest
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →Written in 1888 by Sarah Geraldina Stock, this hymn meditates on answering Christ's call to service and discipleship. Each stanza addresses a different dimension of that call — the timing, the place, and the willingness of the heart — affirming that obedience to God's summons, wherever it leads, is the highest honour.
Verse 1
O Master! when Thou callest
No voice may say Thee nay,
For blest are they that follow
Where Thou dost lead the way:
In freshest prime of morning,
Or fullest glow of noon,
The note of heavenly warning
Can never come too soon.
Verse 2
O Master! where Thou callest
No foot may shrink in fear,
For they who trust Thee wholly
Shall find Thee ever near;
And quiet room and lonely,
Or busy harvest field,
Where Thou, Lord, rulest only,
Shall precious produce yield.
Verse 3
O Master! whom Thou callest
No heart may dare refuse;
'Tis honour, highest honour,
When Thou dost deign to use
Our brightest and our fairest,
Our dearest—all are Thine;
Thou who for each one carest,
We hail Thy love's design.
Verse 4
They who go forth to serve Thee,
We, too, who serve at home,
May watch and pray together
Until Thou, Lord, shalt come;
In Thee for aye united
Our song of hope we raise,
Till that blest shore is sighted
Where all shall turn to praise.
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