He will be our guide even to the end.
Psalm 48:14
Words: J. S. Kimbrough, in The Best Gospel Songs and Their Composers (Dalton, Georgia: A. J. Showalter, 1904), number 50.
Music: Maplewood Frank B. Smith (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you have access to a good photo of Smith (head-and-shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), or a better one of Kimbrough, would you ?
Along life’s pathway lead Thou me,
My stay and comfort ever be,
While on my weary pilgrim way,
Dear Savior, lead me day by day.
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O lead me when the way is dark,
And tempest tossed is my frail bark;
And when I cross cold Jordan’s stream,
Upon Thine arms O let me lean.
When waves of sorrow o’er me roll,
And doubts and fears oppress my soul,
O let me still Thy footsteps see,
And hear Thy voice still calling me.
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When from Thee, Lord, my feet would stray,
And wander from Thy fold away,
O draw me by Thy love and grace,
To seek again my Savior’s face.
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And when life’s conflict shall be o’er,
Its griefs and cares oppress no more,
Across death’s dark and stormy sea,
O blessèd Savior, lead Thou me.
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