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1. If the path I travel
     Lead me to the cross,
   If the way Thou choosest
     Lead to pain and loss,
   Let the compensation
     Daily, hourly, be
   Shadowless communion,
     Blessed Lord, with Thee.
2. If there's less of earth joy,
     Give, Lord, more of heaven.
   Let the spirit praise Thee,
     Though the heart be riven;
   If sweet earthly ties, Lord,
     Break at Thy decree,
   Let the tie that binds us,
     Closer, sweeter, be.
3. Lonely though the pathway,
     Cheer it with Thy smile;
   Be Thou my companion
     Through earth's little while;
   Selfless may I live, Lord,
     By Thy grace to be
   Just a cleansed channel
     For Thy life through me.