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<title>BLB Hymns</title>
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<h2>O TAKE MY HAND, DEAR FATHER</h2>
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<p align="center"><h3>“You hold me by my right hand.” Psalm 73:23-24</h3></p>
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<center><b>Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity<br>of the </b><a href="http://www.hymntime.com/tch/" target = "_blank"><b>Cyber Hymnal Website</b></a><br><br><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/cyberhymnal_info.html" target = "_blank">Information about Cyber Hymnal Website</a></center>
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<td><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_h_a_hausmann_j.jpg" alt="Julia Hausmann" width="121.333333333333" height="217.333333333333"></td>
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<td><em>Words:</em> Julia Hausmann, 1862; translated from German to English by Hermann H. M. Brueckner (1866-1942).
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<p><em>Music:</em> “So Nimm denn Meine Hände,” <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_s_i_silcher_f.html" target="_blank">Friedrich Silcher</a>, 1842 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_s_snimmden.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<td><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_s_i_silcher_f.jpg" alt="Friedrich Silcher (1789-1860), in 1841" width="133.333333333333" height="180"></td>
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<p>O take my hand, dear Father, and lead Thou me,<br>
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Till at my journey’s ending I dwell with Thee.<br>
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Alone I cannot wander one single day,<br>
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So do Thou guide my footsteps on life’s rough way.</p>
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<p>O cover with Thy mercy my poor, weak heart,<br>
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Lest I in joy or sorrow from Thee depart.<br>
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Permit Thy child to linger here at Thy feet,<br>
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Thy goodness blindly trusting with faith complete.</p>
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<p>Though oft Thy power but faintly may stir my soul,<br>
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With Thee, my Light in darkness, I reach the goal.<br>
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Take then my hand, dear Father, and lead Thou me,<br>
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Till at my journey’s ending I dwell with Thee.</p>
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