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Holy Spirit, Faithful Guide

Marcus Morris Wells

“Holy Spirit, Faithful Guide” as printed in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920).

Marcus Morris Wells: Collected Lyrics Text 1 1920 · historical text
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This text comes from The Army and Navy Hymnal, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Ho-ly Spir-it, faith-ful Guide,

Ev-er near the Christian's side;

Gen-tly lead use by the hand,

Pil-grims in a des-ert land;

Wea-ry souls for-e'er re-joice,

While they hear the sweet-est voice,

Whispering soft-ly,

'Wanderer come; Fol-low Me, I'll Guide thee home.'

Ev-er pres-ent, tru-est Friend,

Ev-er near thine aid to lend;

Leave us not to doubt and fear,

Grop-ing on in dark-ness drear;

When the storms are rag-ing sore,

Hearts grow faint, and hopes give o'er

Whispering soft-ly,

'Wanderer come; Fol-low Me, I'll Guide thee home.'

When our days of toil shall cease,

Wait-ing still for sweet re-lease,

Noth-ing left but heaven and prayer,

Won-d'ring if our name are there;

Wad-ing deep the dis-mal flood,

Plead-ing nought but Je-sus' blood,

Whispering soft-ly,

'Wanderer come; Fol-low Me, I'll Guide thee home.'

A-men

Credits

Written by Marcus Morris Wells

Words by Marcus Morris Wells. Historical text published in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), “Holy Spirit, Faithful Guide”

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