Text:"He knoweth the way"
Author:Horatius Bonar
Tune:JEWETT
Arranger:J. P. Holbrook

457. "He knoweth the way"

1 Thy way, not mine, O Lord!
However dark it be!
Lead me by thine own hand;
Choose out my path for me.
I dare not choose my lot:
I would not, if I might;
Choose thou for me, my God,
So shall I walk aright.

2 The kingdom that I seek
Is thine: so let the way
That leads to it be thine,
Else I must surely stray.
Take thou my cup, and it
With joy or sorrow fill,
As best to thee may seem;
Choose thou my good and ill.

3 Choose thou for me my friends,
My sickness or my health;
Choose thou my cares for me,
My poverty or wealth.
Not mine, not mine the choice,
In things or great or small;
Be thou my Guide, my Strength,
My Wisdom and my All.

Text Information
First Line: Thy way, not mine, O Lord
Title: "He knoweth the way"
Author: Horatius Bonar
Language: English
Publication Date: 1888
Topic: Afflictions; Christians: Afflictions; Comfort (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: JEWETT
Arranger: J. P. Holbrook
Meter: 6s, D
Key: E♭ Major



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