Scripture Verse

No one comes to the Father except through Me. John 14:6

Introduction

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Ernest Sellers (1869–1952)

Words: C. I. Sta­cy, in The Gos­pel Hymn Book, by Da­ni­el B. Tow­ner (Day­ton, Ohio: Lo­renz Pub­lish­ing, 1903), num­ber 125.

Music: Phi­la­del­phia Er­nest O. Sell­ers (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lyrics

Out of the dark­en­ing sin,
’Mid foes with­out, with­in,
I would the way be­gin,
Father, to Thee.

Out of the fear and doubt,
Amid the strife with­out,
I would my hands reach out,
Father, to Thee.

Out of the gloom and woe,
Of toil­some love be­low,
Oh, let my spir­it go,
Father, to Thee.

Hear Thou this fee­ble pray­er,
Do Thou the way pre­pare
And take me ov­er there,
Father, to Thee.