LYRICS
| Meter: | 10 4 10 4 10 10
| | Writer(s): | John Henry Newman & Edward Henry Bickersteth
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1833
| | Bible Refs: | Ps 119:105
| Australian Hymn Book/With One Voice
| 1977
| 494
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 545
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 60
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 583
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 587
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 653
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 413
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 495
| Complete Mission Praise
| 2000
| 399
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition
| 1904
| 482
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard
| 1983
| 215
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 298
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 1922
| 266
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 67
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 409
| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican Editi
| 2000
| 378
| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican Edition
| 1996
| 292
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 612
| Mirfield Mission Hymn Book
| 1955
| 73
| New English Hymnal
| 1985
| 392
| Oxford Hymn Book
| 1925
| 236
| Sarum Hymnal
| 1869
| 266
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 286
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 554
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 531
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 519
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 509
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 425
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 270
| The Hymnal 1916
| 1916
| 244
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 430
| Together in Song: The Australian HB II
| 1999
| 582
| Yattendon Hymnal
| 1900
| 11
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MUSIC
Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 67
| C
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 545
| Db
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Alternate Tunes
| LUX BENIGNA | 10 4 10 4 10 10 | John Bacchus Dykes | | SANDON | 10 4 10 4 10 10 | Charles Henry Purdey |
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| 1. Lead, kindly Light, amid th’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.
2. I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou
shouldst lead me on;
I loved to choose and see my path; but now
lead Thou me on!
I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will. Remember not past years!
3. So long Thy power hath blest 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 loved long since, and lost awhile!
4. Meantime, along the narrow rugged path,
Thyself hast trod,
Lead, Savior, lead me home in childlike faith,
home to my God.
To rest forever after earthly strife
In the calm light of everlasting life.
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