Scripture Verse

Lead me in Thy truth, and teach me. Psalm 25:5

Introduction

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Victor Benke (1872–1904)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Young Peo­ple’s Songs of Praise, by I. Al­lan San­key (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1902), num­ber 77.

Music: Al­ham­bra Vic­tor H. Ben­ke, 1902 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Lyrics

O Spir­it, come, dis­pel each cloud of sad­ness;
Come in Thy pow­er, while here we meet to pray;
Tune Thou our tongues, and may our song of glad­ness
Praise Him who made and blessed this ho­ly day.

O Spir­it, come, and in our hearts ab­id­ing,
Teach us the right, that we may walk there­in;
Show us the truth, and there our foot­steps guid­ing,
So shall we shun the rug­ged path of sin.

O Spir­it, come, we long for Thy ap­pear­ing,
Long for Thy light upon our pil­grim way;
Long for Thy love so ten­der, true and cheer­ing;
O Spir­it, come, and fill our souls to­day.