O Master, let me walk with thee

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General information

O Master, let me walk with thee is a hymn by Washington Gladden, first published in March 1879 in the Sunday Afternoon, a periodical edited by Gladden. The text as originally published consisted of three 8-line stanzas.

Settings by composers (automated)

John Bacchus Dykes — O Master, let me walk with thee English SATB
Thurlow Weed — Maryton English SATB

Text and translations

English text

O Master, let me walk with thee
In lowly paths of service free;
Thy secret tell; help me to bear
The strain of toil, the fret of care.

Help me the slow of heart to move
By some clear winning word of love;
Teach me the wayward feet to stay,
And guide them in the homeward way.

Teach me thy patience; still with thee
In closer, dearer company,
In work that keeps faith sweet and strong,
In trust that triumphs over wrong,

In hope that sends a shining ray
Far down the future's broadening way,
In peace that only thou canst give,
With thee, O Master, let me live.