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Text:Only to Know
Author:Helen R. Young
Tune:[Only to know that the path I tread]
Composer:Ira David Sankey
Media:MIDI file

5214. Only to Know

1. Only to know that the path I tread
Is the path marked out for me;
That the way, though thorny, rough and steep,
Will lead me nearer to Thee!
Nearer to Thee! nearer to Thee!
Blessèd Redeemer, to Thee!
Only to know that the path I tread
Is bringing me nearer to Thee!

2. Only to know when the day is passed,
As the evening shadows come,
That its trials and cares have proved, indeed,
A day’s march nearer home!
Nearer my home! nearer my home!
Nearer my beautiful home!
Only to know that each fast fleeting day
Is bringing me nearer home!

3. Only to know that the cross I see,
Is the cross of Calvary,
On which the world’s Redeemer died,
To purchase life for me!
Purchased for me! purchased for me!
Life Thou hast purchased for me!
Only to know that Thy death on the cross
Brings light and life to me!

4. Only to know His peace within—
My will to His resigned;
Oh, fill me with Thy fullness, Lord,
And make me wholly Thine!
Wholly Thine! wholly Thine!
Now and forever Thine!
Fill me with love and peace divine,
And make me wholly Thine!

Text Information
First Line: Only to know that the path I tread
Title: Only to Know
Author: Helen R. Young (1901)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Only to know that the path I tread]
Composer: Ira David Sankey
Incipit: 32311 11765 55611
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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