Daily Thought For February 5, 2021

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 Lead Kindly Light


LEAD, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom

    Lead Thou me on!

  The night is dark, and I am far from home—

    Lead Thou me on!


  Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see

  The distant scene—one step enough for me.

  I was not ever thus, nor pray’d that Thou

    Shouldst lead me on.


  I loved to choose and see my path, but now

    Lead Thou me on!


  I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears,

  Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.

  So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still

    Will lead me on,

  O’er moor and fen, o’er crag and torrent,

    till The night is gone;

  And with the morn those angel faces smile

  Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.

At Sea June 16, 1833

Newman, J. H. (2010). Life’s Purpose: Wisdom from John Henry Newman (pp. 1–2). Boston, MA: Pauline Books & Media.

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