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Your way, not mine, oh Lord, however dark it be.
Lead me by Your own hand. Choose out the path for me.
Smooth let it be, or rough, it will be still the best.
Winding or straight, it leads right onwards to Your rest.
I dare not choose my lot. How could I think I might?
Lord, guide these stumbling feet; then I will walk aright.
The kingdom that I seek is Yours, so let the way
That leads to it be Yours, else I must surely stray.
Lord, take my cup, and it with joy or sorrow fill,
As best to You may seem. Lord, choose my good or ill.
Choose, Lord, for me my friends, my sickness or my health.
Choose, Lord, my cares for me, my poverty or wealth.
Your way, not mine, Oh Lord, whatever it may be.
Lead me by Your own hand. Choose out the path for me.
Not mine, not mine the choice, in great things or in small.
Lord, be my guide, my strength, my wisdom and my all.
Words by Horatius Bonar (1808-89) Adapted by Russell Baker ©2001
I first heard this old hymn on Colin Buchanan's album "Real Hope". I just fiddled with the archaic language and wrote a new tune.
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