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Hymn: Thy footsteps Lord with joy we trace (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: Thy footsteps Lord with joy we trace

Topic: The Church/Growth and Future Triumphs

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: L Mason

Meter: LM

Tune: Anvern

Hymn Number: 457

Page Number: 167, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Thy footsteps, Lord, with joy we trace,

And mark the conquest of thy grace;

Complete the work thou hast begun,

And let thy will on earth be done.



Oh, show thyself the Prince of Peace;

Command the din of war to cease;

Oh, bid contending nations rest,

And let thy love rule every breast!



Then peace returns with balmy wing:

Glad plenty laughs, the valleys sing;

Reviving commerce lifts her head,

And want, and woe, and hate, have fled.



Thou good and wise, and righteous Lord,

All move subservient to they word;

Oh, soon let every nation prove

The perfect joy of Christian love!