Top 7 Quotes by Henry Francis Lyte

A scrip on my back, and a staff in my hand, I march on in haste through an enemy's land; The road may be rough, but it cannot be long; And I'll smooth it with hope, and I'll cheer it with song.

A scrip on my back, and a staff in my hand, I march on in haste through an enemy's land; The road may be rough, but it cannot be long; And I'll smooth it with hope, and I'll cheer it with song.

Henry Francis Lyte

Song, Cheer, Hands

Henry Francis Lyte (1833). “Poems: Chiefly Religious”, p.100

Teach me. Lord, my true condition; Bring me childlike to Thy knee; Stripped of every low ambition, Willing to be led by Thee.

Henry Francis Lyte

Ambition, Humility, Knees

Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven; To his feet thy tribute bring. Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, Who like me his praise should sing?

Henry Francis Lyte

Kings, Feet, Heaven

1834 'Praise, my Soul, the King of Heaven'.

Abide with me: fast falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.

Henry Francis Lyte

Fall, Darkness, Lord

"Abide with Me" l. 1 (1847)

I need thy presence every passing hour; What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power?

Henry Francis Lyte

Grace, Needs, Hours

Henry Francis Lyte (1850). “Remains of ... H.F. Lyte. With a memoir by the ed”, p.120

Abide with me; fast falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide; When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O, abide with me. Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away; Change and decay in all around I see; O Thou, who changest not, abide with me.

Henry Francis Lyte

Life, Failure, Fall

"Abide with Me" l. 1 (1847)