He will guide you into all truth.
John 16:13
Words: Catherine G. Thompson, in Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church, revised edition (New York: Lane & Scott, New York, 1849), number 13 in supplement. Rewards of early piety.
Music: Benediction (Mann) Arthur H. Mann, 1879 (🔊 pdf nwc).
God has said—Forever blessèd
;
Those who seek Me in their youth—
They shall find the path of wisdom,
And the narrow way of truth
Guide us, Savior,
In the narrow way of truth.
Be our strength, for we are weakness;
Be our wisdom and our guide;
May we walk in love and meekness,
Nearer to our Savior’s side:
Naught can harm us,
While we thus in Thee abide.
Thus, when evening shades shall gather,
We may turn our tearless eye
To the dwelling of our Father,
To our home beyond the sky—
Gently passing
To the happy land on high.