 Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home, Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene, — one step enough for me.  Hymns of Faith and Life - Page 231edited by - 1889 - 648 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Churches of Christ - 1866 - 444 pages
...where he cannot trace Him, and in the darkness his soul exclaims — " bead kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on ; The night is dark,...home, Lead Thou me on. Keep Thou my feet : I do not ask to see The distant scene ; one step enough for me." But it was not always so. He can remember,... | |
 | William Reed Huntington - 1866 - 186 pages
...was Joseph when he was made governor of Egypt? Ans. Thirty years old. Lead, kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on ; The night is dark,...home ; Lead Thou me on ; Keep Thou my feet ; I do not ask to Bee The distant scene ; one step enough for me. So long Thy Power has blest me, sure it still... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1866 - 474 pages
...farfromhorae; Lead tbou rao on I Keep tliou my feet ; I do not ask to see The distant scene ; one step 's enough for me. 2 I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou Shouldst lead me on ! I loved to chooseandsecmypath; butnow Lead thou me on ! I loved day's dazzling light, and spite of fears, Pride... | |
 | Hymns - 1867 - 592 pages
...song of glory That bids the world rejoice. AA PROCTOR. LEAD KINDLY LIGHT. " Lead Thou me on." LEAD Kindly Light amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou...home, Lead Thou me on ! Keep Thou my feet ; I do not wish to see The distant scene, — one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou... | |
 | English poetry - 1867 - 218 pages
...toil! " I will lead them in paths they have not known." — Isaiah zlii. 16. LEAD, Saviour, lead ; amid the encircling gloom Lead Thou me on. The night...home; Lead Thou me on. Keep Thou my feet ; I do not ask to see The distant scene — one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor pray'd that Thou... | |
 | 1867 - 678 pages
...the man could be John Henry Newman and write these exquisite lines:— " Lead kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on ; The night is dark,...home, Lead Thou me on ; Keep Thou my feet ; I do not ask to see The distant way ; one step's enough for me." JHN had left us. We had just made up our minds... | |
 | Sunday readings - 1867 - 232 pages
...while it sleeps. Bryant. " Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the darkness." PSALM cxii. 4. LEAD, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom Lead Thou...am far from home— Lead Thou me on— Keep Thou my feet—I do not ask to see The distant scene—one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor pray'd... | |
 | Christian worship - 1867 - 226 pages
...down; Now to be Thine— yea, Thine alone, O, Lamb of God, I come! 1O6 LEAD, Saviour, lead, amid th" encircling gloom Lead Thou me on. The night is dark,...home ; Lead Thou me on ! Keep thou my feet ; I do not ask to see The distant scene : one step's enough for me. I was not always thus, nor prayed that Thou... | |
 | 1867 - 1012 pages
...wbich have since become well known." Let me add a few lines of this wellknown Sonnet : — " Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom ; Lead thou...dark, and I am far from home; Lead thou me on ! Keep thon my feet ; I do not ask to see The distant scene ;— one step enough for me." In a later port... | |
 | Roundell Palmer Earl of Selborne - Hymns, English - 1867 - 540 pages
...Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee ! Sarah Flower Adams. 1840. CCCCIV. Lead, kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on; The night is dark,...am far from home ; Lead Thou me on ; Keep Thou my feel ; I do not ask to see The distant scene ; one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor pray'd,... | |
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