Lord, Speak to Me

Lord

speak to me that I may speak

In liv­ing ech­oes of Thy tone;

As Thou has sought

so let me seek

Thine err­ing child­ren lost and lone.

O lead me

Lord

that I may lead

The wan­der­ing and the wa­ver­ing feet;

O feed me

Lord

that I may feed

Thy hun­ger­ing ones with man­na sweet.

O strength­en me

that while I stand

Firm on the rock

and strong in Thee

I may stretch out a lov­ing hand

To wrest­lers with the trou­bled sea.

O teach me

Lord

that I may teach

The pre­cious things Thou dost im­part;

And wing my words

that they may reach

The hid­den depths of ma­ny a heart.

O give Thine own sweet rest to me

That I may speak with sooth­ing pow­er

A word in sea­son

as from Thee

To wea­ry ones in need­ful hour.

O fill me with Thy full­ness

Lord

Until my ve­ry heart ov­er­flow

In kind­ling thought and glow­ing word

Thy love to tell

Thy praise to show.

O use me

Lord

use ev­en me

Just as Thou wilt

and when

and where

Until Thy bless­èd face I see

Thy rest

Thy joy

Thy glo­ry share.