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Words: William Josiah Irons, 1844; this hymn was written for a large Confirmation at Brompton, England, and published in Lowe's Hymns for the Christian Seasons, 1854.
Music: "St. Agnes," John Bacchus Dykes, 1866
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Father of love, our Guide and Friend,
O lead us gently on,
Until life's trial time shall end,
And heav'nly peace be won.
We know not what the path may be
As yet by us untrod;
But we can trust our all to Thee,
Our Father and our God.
Christ by no flow'ry pathway came;
And we, His foll'wers here,
Must do Thy will and praise Thy Name,
In hope, and love, and fear.
And, till in heav'n we sinless bow,
And faultless anthems raise,
O Father, Son, and Spirit, now,
Accept our feeble praise.
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