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422 | The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892#423 | 424 |
Text: | Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom |
Author: | J. H. Newman |
Tune: | [Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom] |
Composer: | Rev. J. B. Dykes, Mus. Doc. |
1 Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom,
Lead Thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home,
Lead Thou me on!
Keep Thou my feet! I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.
2 I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou
Shouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path; but now
Lead Thou me on!
I loved the garish day; and, spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.
3 So long Thy power has blest me, sure it still
Will lead me on
O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till
The night is gone;
And with the morn those angel faces smile,
Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile. Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom |
Title: | Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom |
Author: | J. H. Newman (1833) |
Meter: | P. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1892 |
Topic: | Guidance |
Notes: | Tune name in index: LUX BENIGNA |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom] |
Composer: | Rev. J. B. Dykes, Mus. Doc. |
Meter: | P. M. |
Key: | A♭ Major |