I Will Go

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I will go in the strength of the Lord To the work He has given me to do

Author: F. G. Burroughs
Tune: [I will go in the strength of the Lord] (Gilmour)
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 I will go in the strength of the Lord,
To the work he has giv'n me to do,
In the strength that is mighty to save,
To the field where the lab'rers are few.

Chorus:
I will go, where he leads,
In my weakness his pow'r I shall know;
All things by his grace I can do -
In the strength of the lord I will go.

2 I will go at his gentle command,
Tho' I know not the way of his choice;
But the Lord knoweth me by my name,
So I'll follow my kind Shepherd's voice. [Chorus]

3 I will go in the strength of the Lord,
And no evil shall cause me to fear;
Thro' green pastures, or thro' death's dark vale,
I will go, with my Comforter near. [Chorus]

4 I will go, in his panoply clad,
And undaunted by mightiest foe:
For no weapon can pierce faith's strong shield, -
In the strength of the Lord I will go. [Chorus]

Source: The Emory Hymnal No. 2: sacred hymns and music for use in public worship, Sunday-schools, social meetings and family worship #83

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Author: F. G. Burroughs

F. G. Burroughs was born in 1856 (nee Ophelia G. Browning) was the daughter of William Garretson Browning, a Methodist Episcopal minister, and Susan Rebecca Webb Browning. She married Thomas E. Burroughs in 1884. He died in 1904. She married Arthur Prince Adams, in 1905. He was a minister. Her poem, "Unanswered yet" which was written in 1879, was published in the The Christian Standard in 1880 with the name F. G. Browning. She also wrote under the name of Ophelia G. Adams and Mrs. T. E. Burroughs. Dianne Shapiro from The Literary Digest, July 29, 1899., The Register, Pine Plains, NY, October 24, 1884, Alumni Record of Wesleyan University, Middleton, Conn. 1921 Go to person page >

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First Line:	I will go in the strength of the Lord To the work He has given me to do
Title:	I Will Go
Author:	F. G. Burroughs
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I will go where he leads
Publication Date:	1891
Copyright:	Public Domain