SENTENCES & RESPONSES
SDAH 691
Lead me, Lord, lead me in thy righteousness;
make thy way plain before my face.
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These two prayer sentences, to be sung by congregation or choir, are portion of a well-known anthem by Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876; see SDAH 273), the grandson of Charles Wesley and one of England’s greatest nineteenth-century organists. He also wrote the tune AURELIA, SDAH 316 and 348.
📖 Reference: Companion to the Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal by Wayne Hooper and Edward E. White. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1988.
Text
Lead me, Lord, lead me in thy righteousness;
make thy way plain before my face.
For it is thou, Lord, thou, Lord only,
that makest me dwell in safety.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) Ps 5:8, 4:8
Composer
Samuel S. Wesley (1810-1876)
