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Text:Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom
Author:John Henry Newman, 1801-1890
Tune:SANDON
Composer:Charles Henry Purday, 1799-1885

106a. Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom

1 Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom,
O lead me on;
the night is dark, and I am far from home;
O lead me on.
Keep firm 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 You
should lead me on;
I loved to choose, and see my path; but now
O lead me on.
I loved the broader way, and, spite of fears,
pride ruled my will: remember not past years.

Text Information
First Line: Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom
Author: John Henry Newman, 1801-1890 (alt.)
Meter: 10 4 10 4 10 10
Language: English
Publication Date: 2004
Topic: God Through the Years: His Guidance
Source: Alt.: Compilers
Tune Information
Name: SANDON
Composer: Charles Henry Purday, 1799-1885
Meter: 10 4 10 4 10 10
Key: F Major



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