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Gardiner

Where cross the crowded ways of life

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The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

Modality

A♭ Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Arranger

William Gardiner [1770-1853]

Author

Frank Mason North [1850-1935 (alt.)]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Source

Sacred Melodies [1815]

Last Five Uses

• Used on Oct 06, 2024 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Sep 08, 2019 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jul 14, 2019 10:30 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Oct 26, 2014 00:00 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Aug 03, 2008 10:00 as the Gradual Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Five verses)

Where cross the crowded ways of life,
where sound the cries of race and clan,
above the noise of selfish strife,
we hear thy voice, O Son of Man.

In haunts of wretchedness and need,
on shadowed thresholds dark with fears,
from paths where hide the lures of greed,
we catch the vision of thy tears.

The cup of water given for thee
still holds the freshness of thy grace;
yet long these multitudes to see
the true compassion of thy face.

O Master, from the mountain side,
make haste to heal these hearts of pain;
among these restless throngs abide,
O tread the city's streets again;

till all the world shall learn thy love,
and follow where thy feet have trod;
till glorious from thy heaven above,
shall come the city of our God.