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And having come this far I find before me here
Upon the ground a cross; all round, a crowd that jeer.
And if I don't take this cross then I will feel no pain
But If I don't die, then all is lost but nothing gained.
And if I don't follow you now, I guess I'll never know
All that you planned for me, the glory that would never show.
And if I don't follow you now, I'll lose my inward sight,
And if I don't follow you now, I'll walk at night;
My future bright may never shine and I would never know.
Everybody asks what they're going to get by following your way;
No-one wants to know what they've got to give.
I tell them all: 'You'll lose it all, for nothing's yours
Till you've given it away'.
And if I don't follow you now as you go walking on,
Maybe when I come seeking you I'll find your footprints gone.
And if I don't follow you now, my time will soon run out;
And if I don't follow you now then surely I will doubt.
I would like to ask how many times you make the same request,
Patient at the times I turn aside and shake my shameful head.
I But in passing time I may have passed the time when I could choose.
Death is still the final truth for all the friends I did not tell.
We believe that God loves everyone - do we still believe in hell?
Wish I had that ancient fear of God which since has been mislaid;
Wish I had those eyes of simple trust, like Jesus when he prayed
So quiet and still, to simply say it all, 'Father, I will'.
