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Text:God, Help Me to Do Right
Author:I. B. W.
Tune:[Tho’ burdens may bend me, tho’ troubles]
Composer:Ira B. Wilson

17. God, Help Me to Do Right

1 Tho’ burdens may bend me, tho’ troubles oppress,
Tho’ sin oft my soul may affright,
Oh, help me, blest Savior, thy name to confess,
God, help me to do right.

Refrain:
God, help me to do right!
God, help me to do right!
By thy power divine, make my will wholly thine,
God, help me to do right.

2 Whenever from thee I am tempted to stray,
And wander in sin’s darkest night,
Ne’er leave nor forsake me, dear Savior, I pray,
God, help me to do right. [Refrain]

3 Help me to be faithful in all that I do,
Upheld by the pow’r of thy might;
To thee I would ever be loyal and true,
God, help me to do right. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Tho’ burdens may bend me, tho’ troubles oppress
Title: God, Help Me to Do Right
Author: I. B. W.
Refrain First Line: God, help me to do right
Publication Date: 1908
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Tho’ burdens may bend me, tho’ troubles]
Composer: Ira B. Wilson
Notes: Public Domain.



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