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Thus far my God hath led me on, And made His truth and mercy known; My hopes and fears alternate rise, And comforts mingle with my sighs. Through this wild wilderness I roam, Far distant from my blissful home; Lord, let Thy presence be my stay, And guard me in this dangerous way. Temptations everywhere annoy, And sins and snares my peace destroy; My earthly joys are from me torn, And oft an absent God I mourn.
Thus far my God hath led me on, And made His truth and mercy known; My hopes and fears alternate rise, And comforts mingle with my sighs. Through this wild wilderness I roam, Far distant from my blissful home; Lord, let Thy presence be my stay, And guard me in this dangerous way. Temptations everywhere annoy, And sins and snares my peace destroy; My earthly joys are from me torn, And oft an absent God I mourn.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 8 · printed citation: Fawcett · subject: ABSENCE
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