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 cleans�d channel

   For Thy life through me.