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Text:At First I Prayed for Light
Author:Ednah Cheney
Tune:WOOLWICH
Composer:Charles Kettle
Media:MIDI file

40. At First I Prayed for Light

1. At first I prayed for light:
Could I but see the way,
How gladly, swiftly would I walk
To everlasting day!

2. And next I prayed for strength:
That I might tread the road
With firm, unfaltering feet, and win
The heavens’ serene abode.

3. And then I prayed for faith:
Could I but trust my God,
I’d live infolded in His peace,
Though foes were all abroad.

4. But now I pray for love:
Deep love to God and man;
A living love that will not fail,
However dark His plan.

5. And light and strength and faith
Are opening everywhere!
God waited patiently until
I prayed the larger prayer.

Text Information
First Line: At first I prayed for light
Title: At First I Prayed for Light
Author: Ednah Cheney (1850)
Meter: SM
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: WOOLWICH
Composer: Charles Kettle (1876)
Meter: SM
Incipit: 32343 22123 21121
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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