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[Be Thou my Guide, dear Lord, I pray]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Chas. Edw. Prior Incipit: 32111 14323 21176 Used With Text: Be Thou My Guide

Author: Ida L. Reed Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Be Thou my Guide, dear Lord, I pray Refrain First Line: Be Thou my Guide where’er I stray Lyrics: 1 Be Thou my Guide, dear Lord, I pray, Walk Thou beside me all the way; Life’s rugged path will joyful be If Thou but walk therein with me. Refrain: Be Thou my Guide where’er I stray; Walk Thou beside me all the way, all the way; Walk Thou beside me, Walk Thou beside me, Walk Thou beside me all the way, all the way. 2 Be Thou my Guide where’er I go, Whate’er betide me here below; Keep Thou my steps within the way That leads me on to endless day. [Refrain] 3 Be Thou my Guide, my all in all, My faithful friend whate’er befall; I will not fear or troubled be While Thou art near to comfort me. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [Be Thou my Guide, dear Lord, I pray]

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Be Thou My Guide

Author: Ida L. Reed Hymnal: Triumphant Songs No.4 #17 (1894) First Line: Be Thou my Guide, dear Lord, I pray Refrain First Line: Be Thou my Guide where’er I stray Lyrics: 1 Be Thou my Guide, dear Lord, I pray, Walk Thou beside me all the way; Life’s rugged path will joyful be If Thou but walk therein with me. Refrain: Be Thou my Guide where’er I stray; Walk Thou beside me all the way, all the way; Walk Thou beside me, Walk Thou beside me, Walk Thou beside me all the way, all the way. 2 Be Thou my Guide where’er I go, Whate’er betide me here below; Keep Thou my steps within the way That leads me on to endless day. [Refrain] 3 Be Thou my Guide, my all in all, My faithful friend whate’er befall; I will not fear or troubled be While Thou art near to comfort me. [Refrain] Tune Title: [Be Thou my Guide, dear Lord, I pray]

Be Thou My Guide

Author: Ida L. Reed Hymnal: Triumphant Songs Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #194 (1894) First Line: Be Thou my Guide, dear Lord, I pray Refrain First Line: Be Thou my Guide where'er I stray Languages: English Tune Title: [Be Thou my Guide, dear Lord, I pray]

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Ida L. Reed

1865 - 1951 Author of "Be Thou My Guide" in Triumphant Songs No.4 Ida Lilliard Reed (Smith), 1865-1951 Born: November 30, 1865, near Arden, Barbour County, West Virginia. Died: July 8, 1951, Arden, West Virginia. Buried: Ebenezer Methodist Church, Arden, West Virginia. Reed is said to have written 2,000 hymns in her lifetime. In 1939, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers recognized her "substantial contribution to American music" by awarding her a small "weekly bonus." © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Charles Edward Prior

1856 - 1927 Person Name: Chas. Edw. Prior Composer of "[Be Thou my Guide, dear Lord, I pray]" in Triumphant Songs No.4 Charles Edward Prior, 1856-1927 Prior played the piano at the Italian Baptist Mission in Hartford, Connecticut, in the late 19th Century. Music-- Go Stand and Speak Work for Us All --hymntime.com/tch