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Words: Earl Bowman Marlatt, 1926. Marlatt was on the faculty at the Boston University Theological Seminary School of Religious Education when he was asked to write an original hymn for a consecration service. Music: “Beacon Hill,” Harry Silverdale Mason, 1924
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“Are ye able,” said the Master,
“To be crucified with Me?”
“Yea,” the sturdy dreamers answered,
“To the death we follow Thee.”
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Lord, we are able. Our spirits are Thine.
Remold them, make us, like Thee, divine.
Thy guiding radiance above us shall be
A beacon to God, to love and loyalty.
Are ye able to remember,
When a thief lifts up his eyes,
That his pardoned soul is worthy
Of a place in paradise?
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Are ye able when the shadows
Close around you with the sod,
To believe that spirit triumphs,
To commend your soul to God?
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Are ye able? Still the Master
Whispers down eternity,
And heroic spirits answer,
Now as then in Galilee.
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