ELHB Hymn 373
Jesus, my Truth, my Way
Charles Wesley (1749)
Hymn Text
373. Jesus, my Truth, my Way
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1 Jesus, my Truth, my Way,
My sure unerring Light,
On Thee my feeble soul I stay,
Which Thou wilt lead aright.
My sure unerring Light,
On Thee my feeble soul I stay,
Which Thou wilt lead aright.
2 My Wisdom and my Guide,
My Counsellor Thou art:
O let me never leave Thy side,
Nor from Thy paths depart.
My Counsellor Thou art:
O let me never leave Thy side,
Nor from Thy paths depart.
3 Thou seest my feebleness;
Jesus, be Thou my Power,
My Help and Refuge in distress,
My Fortress and my Tower.
Jesus, be Thou my Power,
My Help and Refuge in distress,
My Fortress and my Tower.
4 Give me to trust in Thee;
Be Thou my sure Abode:
My Horn, and Rock, and Buckler be,
My Savior and my God.
Be Thou my sure Abode:
My Horn, and Rock, and Buckler be,
My Savior and my God.
5 Myself I cannot save,
Myself I cannot keep;
But strength in Thee I surely have,
Whose eyelids never sleep.
Myself I cannot keep;
But strength in Thee I surely have,
Whose eyelids never sleep.
Source noted on Hymnary: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #373