Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Lord lead the way the Saviour went
Topic: The New Life/Sympathies and Activities
Writer: <no first name given> Croswell
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 955
Page Number: 568, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLord, lead the way the Saviour went,
By lane and cell obscure,
And let our treasures still be spent,
Like his, upon the poor.
Like him, through scenes of deep distress,
Who bore the world's sad weight,
We, in their gloomy loneliness,
Would seek the desolate.
For thou hast placed us side by side
In this wide world of ill;
And, that thy followers may be tried,
The poor are with us still.
Small are the offerings we can make;
Yet thou hast taught us, Lord,
If given for the Saviour's sake,
They lose not their reward.