1 God has said, "Forever blessed
Those who seek me in their youth;
Thy shall find the path of wisdom,
And the narrow way of truth."
Guide us, Saviour,
Guide us, Saviour,
In the narrow way of truth.
2 Be our strength, for we are weakness;
Be our wisdom and our guide;
May we walk in love and meekness,
Nearer to our Saviour's side:
Naught can harm us;
Naught can harm us;
While we thus in thee abide.
VESPER HYMN appeared in John A. Stevenson's Selection of Popular National Airs (1818) as a setting for Thomas Moore's "Hark! The Vesper Hymn Is Stealing." A footnote in that hymnal explained that Stevenson had added what is-now the first line of the retrain to a "Russian Air." Some later hymnals att…
Display Title: God Has Said, "Forever Blessed"First Line: God has said—Forever blessedTune Title: BENEDICTIONAuthor: Catherine G. ThompsonMeter: 87.87.47Source: Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church, revised ed. (New York: Lane & Scott, New York, 1849)
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