Thou hast been our Guide this day

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Thou hast been our Guide this day

Author: J. R. Marcum (1917)
Tune: CHAUTAUQUA (Sherwin)
Published in 8 hymnals

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1. Thou has been our guide this day,
Thou hast led us all the way,
Thou hast been our sun and shield,
Grateful hearts to Thee we yield
While Thou art nigh.

Refrain
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts!
Heav’n and earth are full of Thee!
Heav’n and earth are praising Thee,
O Lord most high!

2. For the gift of strength and health,
And for friendship’s boundless wealth,
For the power to think aright,
For religion’s guiding light,
We give Thee thanks. [Refrain]

3. Guard us through the hours of night,
And with morn’s returning light,
Grant to each of us, we pray,
Strength to serve Thee all the day,
For Thine we are. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #6593

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Author: J. R. Marcum

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First Line:	Thou hast been our Guide this day
Author:	J. R. Marcum (1917)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

CHAUTAUQUA (Sherwin)

William Fiske Sherwin (b. Buckland, MA, 1826; d. Boston, MA, 1888) composed EVENING PRAISE (also called CHAUTAUQUA) in 1877 as the tune to Mary A. Lathbury's text "Day Is Dying in the West." The text and tune were included in the hymnal (1878), and the song was sung at vespers at the Lake Chautauqu…

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