Lord, Thy Word Abideth
- Words:
- Henry W. Baker
- Music:
- M. Wiesse's Ein Neu Gesengbuchlen, Arr. by William H. Monk
Sheet music
- 1Lord, Thy Word abideth,And our footsteps guideth;Who its truth believethLight and joy receiveth.When our foes are near us,Then Thy Word doth cheer us,Word of consolation,Message of salvation.
- 2When dark clouds are o'er us,And the storms before us,Then its light directeth,And our way protecteth.O that we, discerningIts most holy learning,Lord, may love and fear Thee,Evermore be near Thee!Amen.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1861, the words are in 221 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.