Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Psalm 73:24
Words: Sophia T. Griswold, in The Prize, edited by George Root (Chicago, Illinois: Root & Cady, 1870), number 60.
Music: George F. Root (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Griswold (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Tenderly guide us,
O Shepherd of Love,
To the green pastures
And waters above,
Guarding us ever
By night and by day,
Never from Thee will we stray.
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Never, never,
Never, oh, never
For Thou art the way;
Never, never,
Never from Thee will we stray.
What tho’ the heavens
With clouds be o’ercast,
Fearful the tempest
And bitter the blast;
What tho’ the river
Of death bar the way,
Never from Thee will we stray.
Refrain
Over our weakness
Thy strength hath been cast,
Keep us in meekness,
Thine own till the last;
Then, safely folded,
Where Thou art the day,
Never from Thee will we stray.
Refrain