CAC GHB 26 : LEAD KINDLY LIGHT AMID THE ENCIRCLING GLOOM

MAKE MELODY IN YOUR HEART TO THE LORD

26 Lead kindly light
In the daytime also He led hem with a cloud and all night with a light of fire.
Ps.78:14
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 distance scene-one step enough for me.

I was not ever thus, nor pray’d that Thou
Shouldst lead me on;
I lov’d to choose and see my path, but now
Lead Thou me on;
I loved me garish day, and, spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will; remember not past years.

So long Thy pow’r hath bless’d me, sure it still
Will lead me on
O’er moor and fen, o’er crag and torrent, till
The night is gone,
And with the morn those angel faces smile
Which I have lov’d long since, and lost awhile.