Lord Jesus, Hold Me by the Hand
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w: Lorna B. Gray, 2010
m: Thomas P. Westendorf, 1876 ("I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen")

[Verse 1]
Lord Jesus, hold me by the hand,
I cannot walk this way alone
or for the right things make a stand,
without Thee King on my heart's throne.
The many tests that come my way,
the trials none see or understand
will not distress or cause dismay
if I can feel Thy loving hand.

[Chorus]
Lord Jesus, hold me by the hand;
with gentle pressure reassure
that Thou doest know and understand
and no-one ever loved me more.

[Verse 2]
Lord Jesus, hold me by the hand.
A child I'll be until I die.
So much that I don't understand,
Thou knowest and Thou knowest why.
Thou cam'st to earth a baby new
to understand just how I feel~~
too weak to know, too small to do
a service that will gain God's seal.

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Lord Jesus, hold me by the hand;
through life, through death keep firm Thy hold.
Keep me within the way God planned,
when Satan comes~~ if sly or bold.
And when my time on earth is done,
there's no-one else can go with me,
but Thee the overcoming One,
who died, from death to set me free.

[Chorus]

[Verse 4]
Lord Jesus, hold me by the hand,
e'en when I face the judgment day.
I know Thy sacrifice will stand
to wash my human sins away.
I, so unworthy there to be~~
a Gentile and a sinner too~~
but Thou didst pay the price for me,
for life e'erlasting, life anew.

[Chorus]