Song of the Saints and Angels + 

January 26, 1885 + 

Gordon, the self-refusing, + 

Gordon, the lover of God, + 

Gordon, the good part choosing, + 

Welcome along the road! + 

Thou knowest the man, O Father! + 

To do thy will he ran; + 

Men’s praises he did not gather: + 

There is scarce such another man! + 

Thy black sheep’s faithful shepherd + 

Who knew not how to flee, + 

Is torn by the desert leopard, + 

And comes wounded home to thee! + 

Home he is coming the faster + 

That the way he could not miss: + 

In thy arms, oh take him, Master, + 

And heal him with a kiss! + 

Then give him a thousand cities + 

To rule till their evils cease, + 

And their wailing minor ditties + 

Die in a psalm of peace. + 