Lead, kindly light

Lead, kindly Light, the path ahead unknown;
Light, lead me on.
I know the Way may take me far from home:
Light, lead me on.
Within this body welcomed to my place,
so to my kin I offer my embrace.

Lead, kindly Light, into the Way divine,
lead on with Love.
God interrupts, Christ bids me give my life,
led on by Love;
God meet me gently, e’en in solitude:
for love’s no more confined now I’m with you.

Longing with branches – wattle, eucalypt –
Light, lead us on;
this life of faith with gratitude enriched,
Light, lead us on:
within this body, each we take our place,
with all creation sing to God our praise.

words (c) Sarah Agnew (2019) 

Sing to tune Sandon (TiS 582) 

Composed for the occasion of the closure of ministry of 

Rev Dr Ockert Meyer at Canberra Central Parish, December 2019