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The Open Hymnal · No. 162 · Words: Julie Katharina von Hausmann; tr. Julius H.E. Horstmann · Tune: So Nimm Denn Meine Hände
Take Thou My Hand and Lead Me
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A beloved German devotional hymn by Julie Katharina von Hausmann (1862) in which the soul asks God to take its hand and guide it through life's trials and uncertainties. Translated into English by Rev. Julius Horstmann before 1901.
Verse 1
Take Thou my hand,
and lead me o'er life's rough way,
with Heav'nly Manna feed me from day to day.
Alone my footsteps falter and straggle wide,
Lord who my life canst alter be Thou my guide.
Verse 2
Take Thou my heart and hide it in folds of grace Though pain or woe betide it to know Thy face Draw,
Lord,
of Thy good pleasure Thy child to Thee,
And grant me faith's full measure though naught I see.
Verse 3
Though oft I think Thou hidest Thy wondrous might,
Still to my goal Thou guidest me through dark night,
Take, then,
my hands and lead me till life is o'er,
With heav'nly manna feed me forevermore.
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