 | James Anthony Froude - 1883 - 438 pages
...Thon me on. Keep Thou my feet ; I do not ask to see Far distant scenes — one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou Should'st...choose and see my path ; but now Lead Thou me on. I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will. Remember not past years. So long... | |
 | 1867 - 678 pages
...the man could be John Henry Newman and write these exquisite lines:— " Lead kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on ; The night is dark,...home, Lead Thou me on ; Keep Thou my feet ; I do not ask to see The distant way ; one step's enough for me." JHN had left us. We had just made up our minds... | |
 | 1867 - 1012 pages
...light,' wbich have since become well known." Let me add a few lines of this wellknown Sonnet : — " Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom ; Lead...dark, and I am far from home; Lead thou me on ! Keep thon my feet ; I do not ask to see The distant scene ;— one step enough for me." In a later port... | |
 | Roundell Palmer Earl of Selborne - 1867 - 540 pages
...Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee ! Sarah Flower Adams. 1840. CCCCIV. Lead, kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on; The night is dark,...am far from home ; Lead Thou me on ; Keep Thou my feel ; I do not ask to see The distant scene ; one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor pray'd,... | |
 | Benjamin Clarke - 1868 - 422 pages
...pathway, until all darkness and doubt are for ever lost in the eternal daylight of His presence. — " Lead, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead...home : Lead thou me on. Keep thou my feet, I do not ask to see The distant scene, — one step's enough for me." * After this, Jesus went with His disciples... | |
 | David Thomas - 1868 - 404 pages
...cannot be moved, let us have grace whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear." Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom ; Lead...home ; Lead Thou me on. Keep thou my feet ; I do not ask to see The distant scene, one step 's enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou... | |
 | Pastor - 1868 - 304 pages
...peace and bliss of heaven. E. Browne, from "The Dove on the Cross." XV. " I am the Light of the world." LEAD, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead...home : Lead Thou me on : Keep Thou my feet ; I do not ask to see The distant scene ; one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor pray'd that Thou Shouldst... | |
 | Michael Counsell - 2001 - 218 pages
...lay your hand on my head to bless me, so that the sleep of the just may be mine. Gregory ofNazianzus LEAD, kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead...home; Lead thou me on. Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene: one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou Shouldst... | |
 | Charles Patrick Connor - 2001 - 226 pages
...composed, a hymn that would be sung often in Anglican churches and is today a commonly known prayer: Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead...home — Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene, — one step enough for me.7 Most important to his development was his... | |
 | 2001 - 242 pages
...death, O Lord, abide with me! Nineteeth-century pulpit. University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead...home, Lead thou me on. Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou Shouldst... | |
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I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou Shouldst lead me on. I loved to choose and see my path; but now Lead Thou me on! 
