Christ, My Guide

Jesus, my truth, my way

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 152 hymnals

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Jesus, my truth, my way,
My sure, unerring light,
On thee my feeble steps I stay,
Which thou wilt guide aright.

2 My wisdom and my guide,
My Counsellor thou art;
O never let me leave thy side,
Or from thy paths depart!

3 Teach me the happy art
In all things to depend
On thee; O never, Lord, depart,
But love me to the end!

4 Let me thy witness live,
When sin is all destroyed;
And then my spotless soul receive,
And take me home to God.


Source: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #597

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

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First Line: Jesus, my truth, my way
Title: Christ, My Guide
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #4286
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Instances (101 - 152 of 152)
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Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations #285

Spiritual Melodies #d178

Spiritual Melodies. Enl. & impr. ed. #d203

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d221

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #233

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d374

The American Tune Book (Carmina Sacra, enlarged) #d295

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The Baptist Psalmody #214

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The Book of Worship #380

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The Centenary Singer #153

The Chapel Hymn Book (4th ed.) #d194

The Chapel Hymn Book. 5th ed. #d190

The Christian Hymn Book #d321

The Christian Hymn Book. 7th ed. #d325

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The Christian Melodist #282

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The Church and Sunday-School Hymnal #247

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #624

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The Cyber Hymnal #4286

The Dominion Hymnal #258

The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d362

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The Heart and Voice #244b

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #668

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #441

The Hymnal of the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod. Text ed. #d267

The Hymns for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Congregations #d227

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The Lutheran Hymnal #433

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The Lyrica #117

The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #635

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The Methodist Hymnal (Text only edition) #471

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The Methodist Hymnal #471

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 35th ed. #d137

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. Rev. #d140

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The Methodist Pocket Hymn-book, revised and improved #LXXXIII

The National Psalmist #d140

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The New Hymn Book #196

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The Otterbein Hymnal #318

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The People's Hymnal #318

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The Psalmist #281

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The Psalmist #281

The Psalmodist #d110

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The Revival No. 4 #130

The Sacred Lyre #d153

The Select Hymn and Song Book #d162

The Song Book of the Salvation Army #d394

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The Song Book of the Salvation Army #597

The Southern Psalmist #d412

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d432

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #136a

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The Woman's Hymnal #49

Union Hymns #d210

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