Show Us Thy Way, O God

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Show us Thy way, O God

Author: John Haynes Holmes
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1 Show us Thy way, O God!
Our feet have wandered far.
We seek the path Thy saints have trod,
Where peace and beauty are.

2 Teach us Thy word, O God!
Subdue earth’s racking din;
That we may heart at home, abroad,
The still small voice within.

3 Tell us Thy will, O God!
Our own we cannot trust.
We seek the summons of Thy rod
To raises us from the dust.

4 Thy way, Thy word, Thy will—
These are our surest guides
To bring us where Thy spirit still
In holiness abides.

Amen.

Source: The Abingdon Song Book #280

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Author: John Haynes Holmes

Born: November 29, 1879, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died: April 3, 1964, New York City. Buried: Community Church of New York Unitarian Universalist, New York City. Holmes graduated from Harvard University, Phi Beta Kappa. His grandfather, John Cummings Haynes, manager of the Oliver Ditson music publishing house, helped pay his Harvard tuition. Holmes was ordained in 1904, and became minister of the Unitarian Third Congregational Church, Dorchester, Massachusetts. In February 1907, he became junior minister at the Church of the Messiah in New York City. His works include: I Speak for Myself, 1959 Collected Hymns, 1960 --www.hymntime.com/tch/ Go to person page >

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