Hymn

ENGLISH LYRICS: Thou my everlasting Portion

Draw me, we will run after thee - S.Sol. 1:4

1.  Thou my everlasting Portion
    More than friend or life to me
    All along my pilgrim journey
    Saviour, let me walk with Thee
    Close to Thee, close to Thee
    Close to Thee, close to Thee
    All along my pilgrim journey
    Saviour, let me walk with Thee.

2. Not for ease or worldly pleasure
    Nor for fame my prayer shall be
    Gladly will I toil and suffer
    Only let me walk with Thee
    Gladly will I toil and suffer
    Only let me walk with Thee.

3. Lead me through the vale of shadows
    Bear me o'er life's fitful sea
    Then the gate of life eternal
    May I enter, Lord, with Thee
    Then the gate of life eternal
    May I enter, Lord with Thee.

Amen.

YORUBA LYRICS:  Jesu ‘Wo ni t’emi laelae

Fa mi, awa o sare to O. O. Sol. 1:4.

1. Jesu ‘Wo ni t’emi laelae
   O ju gbogbo Ore lo;
   Ni gbogbo irin-ajo mi
   A! mba le faramo O.
   Sunmo O, sunmo O,
   Sunmo O. sunmo O,
   Ni gbogbo irin-ajo mi
   A! mba le faramo O.

2. K’ise fun oro aye yi
   Ni mo se ngbadura yi;
   Tayotayo ni uno jiya
   Bi mba sa le sunmo O
   Sunmo O. sunmo O.
   Sunmo O, sunmo O
   Tayotayo ni uno jiya
   Bi mba sa le sunmo O.

3. ‘Gbat’ ajo mi ba si dopin
   Mu mi gunle sodo Re.
   Si ilekun ayeraye
   Ki nsunmo O titi lae
   Sunmo O, sunmo O
   Sunmo O, sunmo O,
   Si ilekun ayeraye
   Ki nsunmo O titi lae.
Amin.

Composed by Fanny J. Crosby