He will be our guide even to the end.
Psalm 48:14
Words: Charles W. Collinge, 1912. Appeared in Great Revival Hymns No. 2, edited by Homer A. Rodeheaver & Bentley Ackley (Chicago, Illinois & Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Rodeheaver, 1913), number 171. Note: The song shifts between a tenor solo and four-part harmony; see score for details.
Music: Bentley D. Ackley (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Collinge (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), or a better one of Ackley,
My Guiding Star shines for me into night,
And oh, the light! And oh, the light!
Once deepest darkness veiled the way I went,
My Star was sent, my Star was sent;
And now, e’en in the gloaming as I go,
I see His glow, I see His glow;
And now, e’en in the gloaming as I go,
I see His glow, I see His glow.
My Guiding Star shines for me into day,
To light the way, to light the way;
For when the world so fills my weary eyes,
And His dear skies, and His dear skies,
So far away, sweet Star, I need Thy ray,
To light my day, to light my day;
So far away, sweet Star, I need Thy ray,
To light my day, to light my day.
And when at last the evening time shall spread,
About my bed, about my bed;
When murmured low the partings, and the heart,
Forgets its part, forgets its part,
Then, out the dawning new, beyond, afar,
Shall shine my Star, shall shine my Star;
Then, out the dawning new, beyond, afar,
Shall shine my Star, shall shine my Star.