1 There is a Guide that never falters,
And when He leads I cannot stray,
For step by step, He goes before me,
And marks my path, He knows the way.
Refrain:
He knows the way that leads to glory;
Thy ev’ry fear He will allay,
And bring thee safe at last to heaven,
Let Jesus lead, He knows the way.
2 Oft-times the path grows dim and dreary,
The darkness hides the cheering ray,
Still I will trust tho’ worn and weary,
My Savior leads, He knows the way. [Refrain]
3 He knows the evils that surround me,
The turnings that would lead astray,
No foes of night can ere confound me,
For Jesus leads, He knows the way. [Refrain]
4 O heart weighed down with nameless anguish,
O guilty soul torn with dismay,
Thine ev’ry foe, His pow’r will vanquish,
Let Jesus lead, He knows the way. [Refrain]
Source: Favorites Number 4: A Collection of Gospel Songs #43
Alfred Henry Ackley was born 21 January 1887 in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest son of Stanley Frank Ackley and the younger brother of B. D. Ackley. His father taught him music and he also studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He graduated from Westminster Theological Seminary in Maryland and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1914. He served churches in Pennsylvania and California. He also worked with the Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver evangelist team and for Homer Rodeheaver's publishing company. He wrote around 1500 hymns. He died 3 July 1960 in Los Angeles.
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