Standing forth on life's rough way (Joseph Barnby)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-11-15). Score information: A4, 1 page, 52 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from the edition on IMSLP. Note values halved.
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Title: Standing forth on life's rough way
Tune: West Dean
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: William Bryant
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 74. 74. D
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1897 in Hymn Tunes, no. 79, p. 39
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Original text and translations
English text
1 Standing forth on life’s rough way,
Father, guide them;
O, we know not what ere long
May betide them!
'Neath the shadow of thy wing,
Father, hide them;
Waking, sleeping, Lord, we pray,
Go beside them.
2 When in prayer they cry to thee,
Thou wilt hear them;
From the stains of sin and shame
Thou wilt clear them;
'Mid the quicksands and the rocks,
Thou wilt steer them;
In temptation, trial, grief,
Be Thou near them.
3 Unto Thee we give them up;
Lord, receive them;
In the world we know must be
Much to grieve them;
Many striving oft and strong
To deceive them;
Trustful, in thy hands of love
We must leave them.