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Father, hear the prayer we offer: |
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Nor for ease that prayer shall be, |
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But for strength, that we may ever |
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Live our lives courageously. |
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Not forever in green pastures |
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Do we ask our way to be, |
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But the steep and rugged pathway |
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May we tread rejoicingly. |
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Not forever by still waters |
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Would we idly, quiet stay; |
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But would smite the living fountains |
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From the rocks along our way. |
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Be our strength in hours of weakness, |
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In our wanderings be our Guide; |
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Through endeavor, failure, danger, |
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Father, be Thou at our side. |
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Let our path be bright or dreary, |
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Storm or sunshine be our share; |
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May our souls in hope unweary |
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Make Thy work our ceaseless prayer. |
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Father, hear the prayer we offer: |
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Nor for ease that prayer shall be, |
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But for strength, that we may ever |
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Live our lives courageously. |
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Be our strength in hours of weakness, |
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In our wanderings be our Guide; |
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Through endeavor, failure, danger, |
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Father, be Thou at our side. |
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Love M. Willis, in Tiffany’s Monthly Magazine, |
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Words: |
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1859. It appeared in Hymns of the Spirit, |
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by Samuel Longfellow and Samuel Johnson, |
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1864, where the text was modified considerably, |
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probably by Longfellow. |
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Music: St. Sylvester, John B. Dykes, |
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1862 (MIDI, score). Alternate tunes: |
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|
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Omni Die, in Corner’s Gesangbuch, 1631; |
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arranged by William S. Rockstro, 1906 |
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(MIDI, score). |
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|
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Stuttgart, Christian F. Witt, 1715; adapted by |
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Henry J. Gauntlett (1805-1876) (MIDI, score) |