You hold me by my right hand.
Psalm 73:23
Words: Jessie H. Berry, in The Morning Light! by Solomon W. Straub (Chicago, Illinois: Root & Sons Music, 1880), page 16.
Music: N. A. Bouse (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Bouse’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him or Berry,
Savior, take my hand in Thine,
Take my hand, oh, take my hand;
For thorny is the way and drear,
O’er which my weary feet have come;
Nor do I see my pathway clear,
The path that I would follow home.
Refrain
Savior, take my hand, oh, take my hand,
Hear my plea, O Lord, I pray;
Savior, take my hand, oh, take my hand,
Into Thine, O Lord, today.
Savior, hold my hand in Thine,
Hold my hand, oh, hold my hand;
For by the tempter would I fail,
Shouldst Thou withdraw Thy hand from me;
The dangers great appall my soul;
I cling, I cling and hold to Thee.
Refrain
Savior, keep my hand in Thine,
Keep my hand, oh, keep my hand;
Then I shall safely pass the way,
Though dark and dreary it may be,
Until I reach that blessèd day
When I shall rest in Heav’n with Thee.
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