Above: St. Peter and St. Paul Episcopal Church, Marietta, Georgia, August 15, 2017
Photographer = Bill Monk, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
Hymn Source = Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church (Unitas Fratrum) (1923), Moravian Church in America
Text (1740) by John Cennick (1718-1755)
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Be with me, Lord, where’er I go,
Teach me what wouldst have me do;
Suggest whate’r I think or say,
Direct me in the narrow way.
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Prevent me lest I harbor pride,
Lest I in my own strength confide;
Show me in my weakness, let me see
I have my power, my all, from Thee.
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Enrich me always with Thy love,
My kind Protector ever prove:
Lord, put Thy seal upon my breast,
And let Thy Spirit on me rest.
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Assist and teach me how to pray,
Incline my nature to obey;
What Thou abhorest, let me flee,
And only love what pleaseth Thee.
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O may I never do my will,
But Thine, and only Thine, fulfill;
Let all my time and all my ways,
Be spent and ended to Thy praise.
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