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On life’s bewildering pathway – a hymn

On life’s bewildering pathway 

On life’s bewildering pathway 
we need you as our guide, 
when anxious moments tease us 
we need some place to hide.
Come, God console your people, 
give strength to face this day, 
give grace to see more clearly, 
to follow in Christ’s way. 

May steadfast loving kindness, 
infuse the lives we live, 
so sacrificial caring 
inspires us all to give 
beyond what we might measure, 
the greatest gift of all, 
to give our lives completely 
in answer to your call.

Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2014 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd
Metre: 7 6 7 6 D
Tune:  AURELIA
Inspired by Psalm 119:105-112

The cosmic cries that sound through all creation – inspired by Psalm 33: 1-12 especially v 8-12.

The cosmic cries that sound through all creation  - 
inspired by Psalm 33: 1-12 especially v 8-12.

1	The cosmic cries that sound through all creation,
	the pain of creatures, birth-pangs of the stars,
	the whining of the world upon its axis,
	you craft in ways that nothing stains or mars.
	
2	We cannot fathom each eternal purpose,
	or wrap our minds around what is to be.
	We only know that, earthed here for a season,
	our role is sealing human liberty.
	
3	Half crazy world in which we nurture children,
	where right seems absent, mercy ground to dust;
	O God give courage, foster our intention
	to love our neighbour, resurrect our trust.
	
4	So God, as we would seek to follow Jesus,
	to mine the depths of wisdom he has shown,
	illuminate our task and lead us onward,
	until into his likeness we have grown.

Andrew E. Pratt (born 1948)
© 2009 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd.

Metre: 11 10 11 10
Tune: LORD OF  THE YEARS; HIGHWOOD

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