1. Lead kindly light,
amid the encircling gloom,
Lead, thou me on.
The night is dark,
and I am far from home,
Lead, thou me on
Keep Thou my feet,
I do not ask to see
The distant scene,
One step enough for me
2. I was not ever thus,
Not pray’d that thou
Shouldst lead me on.
I loved to choose,
and see my path; but now,
Lead thou me on!
I loved the garis day,
And spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will.
Remember not past years
3. So long thy pow’r
hath blest me, sure it still
Will lead me on
O’re moor and fen,
o’er crag and torrent till
The night is gone.
And with the morn
those angel faces smile,
Which I have loved
long since and lost a while!
One step enough for me
Words: John Henry Newman
Music: John B. Dykes
Arrangement: Katie Bastian
2013 by Katie Bastian
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