Wondrous Love: A Collection of Songs and Services for Sunday Schools 12. Lamp of our feet! by thee we trace

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Wondrous Love‎#12

Text:	Lamp of our Feet
Author:	Barton
Tune:	[Lamp of our feet! by thee we trace]
Composer:	G. F. Root

1 Lamp of our feet by thee we trace
Our path when wont to stray;
The sacred stream of heavenly grace;
The brook beside our way.

Refrain:
Our lamp, our stream, the bread of our souls,
Our anchor and our stay.
A pillar of fire through watches dark,
A radiant clouds by day.

2 Bread of our souls whereon we feed,
True manna from on high
One guide, one chart wherein we read
Of realms beyond the sky. [Refrain]

3 Pillar of fire, through watches dark,
Or radiant cloud by day,
When waves would whelm our tossing bark,
Our anchor and our stay. [Refrain]

4 Childhood's preceptor! manhood's trust!
Old age's firm ally;
Our hope when we go down to dust,
Of life beyond the sky. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line:	Lamp of our feet! by thee we trace
Title:	Lamp of our Feet
Author:	Barton (Arr.)
Refrain First Line:	Our lamp, our stream
Publication Date:	1885
Notes:	Public Domain.