S U N D A Y   S N I P P E T S (tm) # 4 3                24 Sept. 95


    A HYMN - A PRAYER

Help us, O Lord, to take thy Word
A lamp unto our feet 
And May its light our path make bright
Thru scenes both sad and sweet
To give us light, O Lord, aright
Thy Book, thy law to read
Thy truth make clear, and draw Thou near
Unto each waiting heart
That Grace may see our God in thee
Thy Grace to all impart
In each heart, Lord, plant thy true Word
In water and make it grow
That it may there rich fruitage grow
And glory to Thee show
Lord, each soul bind to Him so kind
The Word that flesh became
The One who gave Himself to save
Us from our guilt and shame
Lord, Help us know this Word and show
It in our lives each day
And Thou above, Whose name is "Love"
Us keep in thy good way
Lord, be our stay, make plain Thy way
And keep us in Thy fear
In sun or shade, be thou our aid
In  joy or pain be near
Thou guide Divine, not ours but Thine
Thy will so let it be
O, hear our prayer, Lord, for us care
And keep our trust in Thee.

    James A. Muirhead
     3 August, 1901

[James Muirhead was blind from age 11 and these poems were written using
New York Point - the predecessor of Braille system.  Janet Ford, his 
daughter, translated some of them and some were dictated to her.]

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