59 | The Hymnal#60 | 61 |
Text: | Lamp of our feet, whereby we trace |
Author: | Bernard Barton |
Tune: | NOX PRÆCESSIT |
Composer: | John Baptiste Calkin |
Lamp of our feet, whereby we trace
Our path when wont to stray;
Stream from the fount of heavenly grace,
Brook by the traveler's way;
Bread of our souls, whereon we feed,
True manna from on high;
Our guide and chart, wherein we read
Of realms beyond the sky;
Pillar of fire, through watches dark,
And radiant cloud by day;
When waves would whelm our tossing bark,
Our anchor and our stay:
Word of the everliving God,
Will of his glorious Son;
Without thee how could earth be trod,
Or heaven itself be won?
Lord, grant us all aright to learn
The wisdom it imparts;
And to its heavenly teaching turn,
With simple, childlike hearts.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Lamp of our feet, whereby we trace |
Author: | Bernard Barton (1826) |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1916 |
Topic: | Advent |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | NOX PRÆCESSIT |
Composer: | John Baptiste Calkin (1873) |
Meter: | 8.6.8.6 |
Incipit: | 33312 33421 35431 |
Key: | G Major |