As of old Thou ledst Thy children, showing them the cloud by day
And by night the fiery pillar, so lead me along my way.
"If I falter, if my heart be tempted by its doubts and fears,
If my eyes, to heaven uplifted, see Thee only through their tears;
If the clinging of love's tendrils bind my thoughts to things of earth,
And between me and my duty come the dreams of home and hearth,—
Oh have pity on me, Father, and if I should go astra
Let Thy angels, Faith and Patience, point me to the narrow way.
"Clear before me let the shining of Thy holy light arise,
Far behind me cast the shadow of my own poor sacrifice.