The Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away His face from you, if ye return unto Him.
2 Chronicles 30:9
Words: Grace W. Hinsdale, Coming to the King (New York: Anson D. F. Randolph, 1865), page 34.
Music: Abschied Wenzel Müller, 1828 (🔊 pdf nwc).
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If you know where to get a good photo of Hinsdale (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Father in Heav’n, look down, I pray,
And guide my steps throughout the day;
Let not my thoughts to sin incline,
But fill me with Thy grace divine.
Let all my words and actions be
Restrained and governed, Lord, by Thee;
Bless my dear friends whom Thou has giv’n
To teach my soul the way to Heav’n.
Bless me, dear Lord, again I pray;
Let nothing tempt me from the way
Which leads at last, through Jesus’ love
To that sweet home of joy above.