Scripture Verse

Make me to go in the path of Thy commandments. Psalm 119:35

Introduction

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Isaac H. Meredith (1872–1962)

Words: Flo­ra Kirk­land, 1901. Ap­peared in Sun­day-School Hymns No. 1 (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Tul­lar-Me­re­dith, 1903).

Music: Is­aac H. Me­re­dith (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Kirk­land (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Father, make us lov­ing, gen­tle, thought­ful, kind;
Fill us with Thy Spi­rit, make us of Thy mind.
Help us love each oth­er, more and more each day,
Help us follow Je­sus, in the nar­row way.

Refrain

We would learn of Je­sus, help us here be­low,
Follow in His foot­steps, who hath loved us so.

Father, we would ev­er, live as in Thy sight;
Thou dost know our long­ings af­ter what is right.
Fill our hearts with kind­ness as we on­ward go,
Teach us to be lov­ing, Thou hast loved us so.

Refrain

Help us to re­mem­ber, Thou art ev­er near;
Teach us lov­ing­kind­ness, ten­der­ness and cheer.
There is much of sor­row, in this world be­low;
Father, make us lov­ing, Thou hast loved us so.

Refrain

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The Good Samaritan
Domenico Feti (1589–1623)