Text: | Lead Us, O Father, in the Paths of Peace |
Author: | William H. Burleigh |
Tune: | LONGWOOD |
Composer: | Sir Joseph Barnby |
1 Lead us, O Father, in the paths of peace;
without thy guiding hand we go astray,
and doubts appall, and sorrows still increase;
lead us through Christ, the true and living way.
2 Lead us, O Father, in the paths of truth;
unhelped by thee, in error's maze we grope,
while passion stains, and folly dims our youth,
and age comes on, uncheered by faith and hope.
3 Lead us, O Father, in the paths of right;
blindly we stumble when we walk alone,
involved in shadows of a dark'ing night;
only with thee we journey safely on.
4 Lead us, O Father, to thy heav'nly rest,
however rough and steep the path may be,
through joy or sorrows as thou deemest best,
until our lives are perfected in thee.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Lead us, O Father, in the paths of peace |
Title: | Lead Us, O Father, in the Paths of Peace |
Author: | William H. Burleigh (1859) |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Doubt; Faith and Aspiration; God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LONGWOOD |
Composer: | Sir Joseph Barnby (1874; adapt.) |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10 |
Key: | D Major |