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FATHER, LEAD US!

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 10, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 28.

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FATHER, LEAD US!

By Lephia May Bryant

LEPHIA MAY BRYANT.
(Aberdeen, Wash.)
O Father! we will follow thee; Thy precious message we have heard. Ah! thou hast loved us tenderly, And we may trust thy holy word. We will not doubt, nor wonder why The storm-clouds thicken in the sky; Thy word declares, in statements plain, That every evil shall increase; Then thou wilt send thy Son again,— Jesus, our gracious Prince of Peace. The signs in heaven and earth appear, To show his coming very near.
O Father! lead us; we beseech Thy guiding power in all we do. As living stones we fill the breach; Make us all humble, brave, and true. Thy trampled Sabbath-day we love— Oh, may we ever faithful prove! And as thou leadst us, day by day, Though steeper grows the upward road, We would not seek an easier way; We’ll choose the path that Jesus trod. Oh, may we warn the world around, And give the truth a certain sound!
No longer are we tossed about By treacherous buffetings of doubt; We know the staff we lean upon,— Even the faith of thy dear Son. O Father! we will follow thee, Trusting thy Spirit constantly, Strengthened each day by heavenly grace, Till we behold thee face to face!