heart to praise my God, A heart from sin set free,

1. FA-THER, what-e'er of earth-ly bliss Thy sov' - reign will

guiding hand we

go a stray, And doubts ap- pal, and sor-rows

still increase; Lead us thro' Christ, the true and living way.

2 Lead us, O Father, in the paths of truth;
Unhelped by Thee, in error's maze we grope,
While passion stains, and folly dims our youth,
And age comes on, uncheered by faith and hope.

3 Lead us, O Father, in the paths of right;

Blindly we stumble when we walk alone,
Involved in shadows of a darksome night,
Only with Thee we journey safely on.

4 Lead us, O Father, to Thy heavenly rest,
However rough and steep the path may be,
Through joy or sorrow, as Thou deemest best,
Until our lives are perfected in Thee.

W. H. Burleigh, 1871

A-men.

226 MELITA L. M. 61.

J. B. Dykes, 1861

1. E TERNAL Father! strong to save, Whose arm doth bind the rest - less wave,