A PRAYER FOR GUIDANCE

G. H. Brown

Father, we humbly seek

That Thou in wisdom wilt direct our way,

For Thou almighty art and we are weak,

And oft our footsteps stray!

In every storm and stress

O guide and guard us by Thy powerful hand

Throughout this waste and arid wilderness

Of ever-shifting sand.

And yet we surely learn

The desert is not pathless when we trace

Thy faithful guidance and Thy ways discern

Of never-failing grace.

The feet of Jesus here

Have marked the track where He Himself has been,

And we may follow where His steps appear

Across this barren scene.

A path Thou hast ordained

Wherein our pilgrim feet may safely tread,

So keep us close to Thee, through faith sustained

And by Thy Spirit led

Until that cloudless morn

When we no more shall tread the desert way—

When with enraptured hearts we greet the dawn

Of Thine unending day!

Melbourne