Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
Horatius Bonar 180889Thy Way, Not Mine
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However dark it be!
Lead me by thine own hand,
Choose out the path for me.
It will be still the best;
Winding or straight, it matters not,
Right onward to thy rest.
I would not, if I might;
Choose thou for me, my God;
So shall I walk aright.
Is thine; so let the way
That leads to it be thine,
Else I must surely stray.
With joy or sorrow fill,
As best to thee may seem;
Choose thou my good and ill;
My sickness or my health;
Choose thou my cares for me,
My poverty or wealth.
In things or great or small;
Be thou my guide, my strength,
My wisdom, and my all.