The Celebration Hymnal

310

Lead Me to Calvary

1 King of my life I crown Thee now,  
Thine shall the glory be:  
Lest I forget Thy thorn-crowned brow,  
Lead me to Calvary.  

Refrain:  
Lest I forget Gethsemane;  
Lest I forget Thine agony;  
Lest I forget Thy love for me,  
Lead me to Calvary.  

2 Show me the tomb where Thou wast laid,  
Tenderly mourned and wept;  
Angels in robes of light arrayed  
Guarded Thee whilst Thou slept. [Refrain]  

3 Let me, like Mary, through the gloom,  
Come with a gift to Thee;  
Show to me now the empty tomb,  
Lead me to Calvary. [Refrain]  

4 May I be willing, Lord, to bear  
Daily my cross for Thee;  
Even Thy cup of grief to share,  
Thou hast borne all for me. [Refrain]  

(optional ending)  
King of my life I crown Thee now;  
thine shall the glory be.

WORDS: Jennie Evelyn Hussey
MUSIC: William J. Kirkpatrick
Theme: The Life of Christ: Suffering and Death; Aspiration and Consecration; Christ: Atonement, Crucifixion, Suffering and Death