Walking the Path Alone if Necessary

The cross before me, the world behind me, should no one join me, still I would follow. I have decided to follow Jesus. You know the first time I heard that chorus was on a November night in 1947 in the city of Jerusalem. My wife and I and our eight girls had just fled from our home and taken refuge in an American mission in the center of Jerusalem without food, without a home, without anything. We’d walked out in the middle of the night and left everything. When I got to that mission they were singing, the first time I’d ever heard it, should not one join me, still I would follow. It’s one thing to sing it in a meeting, it’s another thing to sing it when there’s no one joining you.