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16042. My Guiding Star

1 My Guid­ing Star shines for me in­to night,
And oh, the light! And oh, the light!
Once deep­est dark­ness veiled the way I went,
My Star was sent, my Star was sent;
And now, e’en in the gloam­ing as I go,
I see His glow, I see His glow;
And now, e’en in the gloam­ing as I go,
I see His glow, I see His glow.

2 My Guid­ing Star shines for me in­to day,
To light the way, to light the way;
For when the world so fills my wea­ry eyes,
And His dear skies, and His dear skies,
So far away, sweet Star, I need Thy ray,
To light my day, to light my day;
So far away, sweet Star, I need Thy ray,
To light my day, to light my day.

3 And when at last the ev­en­ing time shall spread,
About my bed, about my bed;
When mur­mured low the part­ings, and the heart,
Forgets its part, for­gets its part,
Then, out the dawn­ing new, be­yond, afar,
Shall shine my Star, shall shine my Star;
Then, out the dawn­ing new, be­yond, afar,
Shall shine my Star, shall shine my Star.

Text Information
First Line: My Guid­ing Star shines for me in­to night
Title: My Guiding Star
Author: Charles W. Collinge
Language: English
Source: Great Revival Hymns No. 2 by Homer A.Rodeheaver and Bentley D. Ackley (Chicago: Rodeheaver Company, 1913)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [My Guid­ing Star shines for me in­to night]
Composer: Bentley DeForest Ackley
Key: G Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain



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