Consecration
O That The Lord Would Guide My Ways
- Words:
- Isaac Watts, 1719, alt.
- Music:
- 'Evan' or 'Eva' William H. Havergal, 1847.
- Setting:
- Lowell Mason, 1850.
- Metre:
- 8 6 8 6
- 1O that the Lord would guide my waysTo keep His statutes still!O that my God would grant me graceTo know and do His will!
- 2O send Thy Spirit down to writeThy law upon my heart!Nor let my tongue indulge deceit,Nor act the liar's part.
- 3From vanity turn off mine eyes;Let no corrupt design,Nor covetous desires ariseWithin this soul of mine.
- 4Order my footsteps by Thy Word,And make my heart sincere;Let sin have no dominion, Lord,But keep my conscience clear.
- 5Assist my soul, too apt to stray,A stricter watch to keep;And should I e'er forget Thy way,Restore Thy wand'ring sheep.
- 6Make me to walk in Thy commands, 'Tis a delightful road;Nor let my head, or heart, or hands, Offend against my God.
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- Written in 1719, the words are in 392 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Evan, is in 894 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is 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.