| George B. Scott - 1864 - 286 pages
...than the softest whisper — but it was the whisper of Truth — and it led her to Christ alone. " Lead, kindly Light ! amid the encircling gloom, Lead...to see The distant scene— one step's enough for ma. " I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou Should'st lead me on ! I loved to choose and see my... | |
| 1864 - 890 pages
...at last; and, while becalmed in the Straits of Bonifacio, wrote the lines well known to many:— " 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... | |
| Book - 1864 - 206 pages
...interpret the hidden sense of her word, and thus reveal the fulness of her glory." LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT. Lead, Kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead...— 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... | |
| John Cox Boyce - 1864 - 418 pages
...you cannot see Him now, you will be in a position to own His presence, and to breathe to Him — " Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead...: Lead Thou me on. Keep Thou my feet — I do not ask to see The distant scene — one step enough for me." Oh the inexpressible sweetness of realizing... | |
| Priest - 1864 - 220 pages
...Whom, both Three and One, our praises wait, Give everlasting light To them that sing Thy might. XXXVII. Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead...— Lead Thou me on ! Keep Thou my feet ; I do not ask to see The distant scene,— one step enough for me. 1 was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou... | |
| John Fothergill Waterhouse Ware - 1864 - 204 pages
...of all, That e'er have mourned the chief! Thou Saviour ! if the stroke must fall, Hallow this grief! 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... | |
| Mrs. Jane (Hamilton) Thomas - 1864 - 218 pages
...font. " I will lead them in paths they have not known." — leaiah xlii. 16. LEAD, Saviour, lead ; amid the encircling gloom Lead Thou me on. The night...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... | |
| Sunshine - 1864 - 236 pages
...brightening into the perfect Day. Meanwhile let this be our daily prayer; " 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 scene — one step enough for me." THE SUFFERINGS OF THOSE WE LOVE. "I desire... | |
| Morning light - 1864 - 204 pages
...And we " depart in peace." 17. UNTO the godly there ariseth up light in the darkness. Ps. cxii. 4. Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead...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. 18. LET us labour... | |
| Lydia M. Millard - 1864 - 330 pages
...WITHIN. " Send kindly light amid th' encircling gloom, And lead me on : The night is dark, and I am far from home ; Lead Thou me on : Keep Thou my feet,...not ask to see The distant scene ; one step's enough fo me." MR. SELWYN is in England, and he hears, as he sits quietly in his room one pleasant morning,... | |
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