Lord, Who Shall Sit Beside Thee?

Verse 1

Lord, who shall sit beside thee, enthroned on either hand, when clouds no longer hide thee, 'mid all thy faithful band?

Verse 2

Who drinks the cup of sorrow thy Father gave to thee 'neath shadows of the morrow in dark Gethsemane;

Verse 3

who on thy passion thinking can find in loss a gain, and dare to meet unshrinking thy baptism of pain.

Verse 4

O Jesu, form within us thy likeness clear and true; by thine example win us to suffer and to do.

Verse 5

This law itself fulfilleth – Christlike to Christ is nigh, and, where the Father willeth, shall sit with Christ on high.