6. The Master Has Come

The Master has come, and he calls us to follow the track of the footprints he leaves on our way; Far over the mountain and thro' the deep hollow, the path leads us on to the mansions of day: The Master has called us, the children who fear him, who march 'neath Christ's banner, his own little band; We love him and seek him, we long to be near him, and rest in the light of his beautiful land.

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The Master has called us; the road may be dreary, and dangers and sorrows are strewn on the track; But God's Holy Spirit shall comfort the weary; we follow the Savior and cannot turn back; The Master has called us: tho' doubt and temptation may compass our journey, we cheerfully sing: 'Press onward, look upward,' thro' much tribulation; the children of Zion must follow their King.

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The Master has called us, in life's early morning, with spirits as fresh as the dew on the sod: We turn from the world, with its smiles and its scorning, to cast in our lot with the people of God: The Master has called us, his sons and his daughters, we plead for his blessing and trust in his love; and thro' the green pastures, beside the still waters, he'll lead us at last to his kingdom above.