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 cleansèd channel

       For Thy life through me.