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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Jan 2, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 1.

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Hold Thou My Hand

By Wm. A. Lee

HOLD Thou my hand; through life's unfolding years Be thou my guide; The world is strange, my heart disturbed with fears, Stay thou beside; Thou know'st the way — man's way thyself hast trod; Hold thou my hand. Direct my steps, and O God.
Hold thou my hand; in pleasure and in pain Be thou my guide; Or sad or gay, let me not life disdain Whate'er betide. Thy plan unfold — thy plan of life for me; Hold thou my hand, assurance rests in thee.
Hold thou my hand; in dark, bewildering doubt Be thou my guide; With thine own light encompass me about, Nor from me hide. If thou dost lead, Lord, triumph then I can; Hold thou my hand. How weak, how blind is man!
Hold thou my hand, in triumph keep me meek; Be thou my guide. Forbid it, Lord, that I for self should seek; Thou wilt provide. With thy humility touch heart and mind; Hold thou my hand till humbleness I find.
Hold thou my hand; when evening shadows wane, Be thou my guide; When death shall come to free me from earth's pain, E'en then abide. On yonder shore, beyond sin's bitter gall, Hold thou my hand — on earth, in heaven, my all. — Wm. A. Lee.