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Take Thou My Hand and Lead Me

Words and music by Julie Katharina von Hausmann · tr. Julius Herman Edward Horstmann · 1862

Key of F · 120 BPM · 4/4 · Bread,Calmness,Children · Ps 25:1-22

Verse 1

Take Thou my hand, and lead me o'er life's rough way,
with Heav'nly Manna feed me from day to day.
Alone my footsteps falter and straggle wide,
Lord who my life canst alter be Thou my guide.

Verse 2

Take Thou my heart and hide it in folds of grace
Though pain or woe betide it to know Thy face
Draw, Lord, of Thy good pleasure Thy child to Thee,
And grant me faith's full measure though naught I see.

Verse 3

Though oft I think Thou hidest Thy wondrous might,
Still to my goal Thou guidest me through dark night,
Take, then, my hands and lead me till life is o'er,
With heav'nly manna feed me forevermore.

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