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Text:Lord, Speak to Me
Author:Frances Ridley Havergal
Tune:CANONBURY
Composer:Robert A. Schumann

165. Lord, Speak to Me

1 Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
In living echoes of thy tone;
As thou has sought, so let me seek
Thy erring children lost and lone.

2 O lead me, Lord, that I may lead
The wandering and the wavering feet;
O feed me, Lord, that I may feed
Thy hungering ones with manna sweet.

3 O teach me, Lord, that I may teach
The precious truths thou dost impart;
And wing my words, that they may reach
The hidden depths of many a heart.

Text Information
First Line: Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
Title: Lord, Speak to Me
Author: Frances Ridley Havergal (1872)
Meter: 8.8.8.8.
Publication Date: 1996
Topic: Discipleship; God's voice (or call); Manna (1 more...)
Source: Under the Surface, 1874
Tune Information
Name: CANONBURY
Composer: Robert A. Schumann (adapt.)
Meter: 8.8.8.8.
Key: G Major
Source: Nachtstücke, 1839; Arr.: Hymnal with Tunes, Old and New, 1872



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