My feet to paths unknown,

Thou who hast made my home of life so pleasant,

Leave not its tenant when its walls decay;

O Love Divine, O Helper ever present,

Be Thou my strength and stay!

Be near me when all else is from me drifting;

Earth, sky, home’s pictures, days of shade and shine,

And kindly faces to my own uplifting

The love which answers mine.

I have but Thee, my Father! let Thy spirit