I Take the Journey of a Day

I take the jour­ney of a day

Thy sun

Lord

gives me light;

The moon and stars

Thy voice ob­ey

And watch me through the night.

For mer­cies ev­ery hour be­stowed

Unceasing thanks are due;

Now

’midst the dan­gers of the road

Lord

bring me safe­ly through.

Upheld by Thine al­migh­ty arm

And guid­ed by Thine eye

Storms can­not crush

nor light­nings harm

Sickness nor plague come nigh.

Thou art Thy peo­ple’s sun and shield

Their glo­ry and de­fense;

All ele­ments al­le­giance yield

To sov­er­eign Pro­vi­dence.

But not in Pro­vi­dence alone

The God­head’s foot­steps shine

In grace are migh­ti­er won­ders shown

Of love and pow­er di­vine.

As these thus far on pil­grim­age

My length­ened course at­tend

So may they lead me stage by stage

To mine ap­point­ed end.

When all my jour­ney­ings here must cease

And life no more shall be;

Lord

let me then de­part in peace

From ev­ery­thing but Thee.