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

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: Thy footsteps Lord with joy we trace

Topic: The New Life/Sympathies and Activities

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

Composer:

Meter: LM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 951

Page Number: 566, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Thy footsteps, Lord, with joy we trace,

And mark the conquests of thy grace;

Complete the work thou hast begun,

And let thy will on earth be done.



O, show thyself the Prince of Peace;

Command the din of war to cease:

O, 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 wo and hate have fled.



Thou good and wise, and righteous Lord,

All move subservient to thy word;

O, soon let every nation prove

The perfect joy of Christian love!