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Play “Father, Lead Me Day by Day”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Father, Lead Me Day by Day (John Page Hopps): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune CANTERBURY (Orlando Gibbons) in four-part harmony, 7 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
Sung here to CANTERBURY (Orlando Gibbons), a 7.7.7.7 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Father, lead me, day by day,
- Ever in Thine own sweet way;
- Teach me to be pure and true,
- Show me what I ought to do.
- 2When in danger, make me brave;
- Make me know that Thou canst save:
- Keep me safe by Thy dear side;
- Let me in Thy love abide.
- 3When I'm tempted to do wrong,
- Make me steadfast, wise, and strong;
- And when all alone I stand,
- Shield me with Thy mighty hand.
- 4When my heart is full of glee,
- Help me to remember Thee,--
- Happy most of all to know
- That my Father loves me so.
- 5When my work seems hard and dry,
- May I press on cheerily;
- Help me patiently to bear
- Pain and hardship, toil and care.
- 6May I do the good I know,
- Be Thy loving child below,
- Then at last go home to Thee,
- Evermore Thy child to be.
- 7Amen.
About this music
CANTERBURY — Orlando Gibbons. 'Canterbury' or 'Song 13' Orlando Gibbons, 1623. Setting: "Common Service Book" (ULCA), 1917.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'Common Service Book With Hymnal' ULCA, 1917 Hymn 156.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Father, Lead Me Day by Day page.
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